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NEW MARKETS
source: www.ewea.org/documents/
WF12-2004_eng.pdf
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New markets are starting to develop in Australia, Japan, Canada and South America.There is relatively little installed capacity in these countries and, hence, the potential for future growth is large...
- Other countries that are considering serious investment include Canada, Brazil, Tunisia, China, Egypt, Morocco, the Philippines, Turkey and Vietnam.
- Australia almost doubled its capacity in 2003 to reach 239 MW, with a further 1,700 MW in the pipeline.
- In Asia, China is looking to increase its capacity to 1,200 MW by 2005, whilst Japan continues to steadily expand.
- In Mongolia, portable wind generators are already widely used by nomadic herds-people to run lights, radios and other appliances.
- With a total capacity of 2,125 MW, India is maintaining its position as the fifth largest producer of wind power in the world: the geographical spread of wind power has so far been concentrated in a few regions, especially the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which accounts for roughly half of all installations. This is beginning to change, with other states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh catching up. The Indian government envisages a capacity addition of around 5,000 MW by 2012, reflecting a yearly installation of 500-600 MW.
- In Africa, both Egypt and Morocco have shown what is possible with national planning and the backing of European developers. Morocco already gets 2% of its electricity from a 50 MW wind farm and has plans for a further 460 MW.
- In South America, an urgent need for new power capacity has prompted the Brazilian government to launch a programme with a target for 1,000 MW of wind capacity. Argentina’s vast potential is waiting for similar stimulation. Spanish companies lead those providing the development expertise.
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