For example, P&T Technology has gained permission for windparks in Greece and Poland, while Energiekontor is pursuing small-scale projects in Greece, Wales and Portugal, the HSBC analysts note.
At the moment, according to statistics by the International Economic Forum for Regenerative Energy (IWR) in Duesseldorf, Germany now has more than 10,000 wind generators in operation, with an installed capacity of 7,500 megawatts.
For this year, the IWR is projecting German wind-power electrical output of 13 billion kilowatt-hours, up 42 percent from 9.1 billion last year. In reviewing the forthcoming wind energy technology fair -- Windtech -- set for November 27 and 28 in Grevenbroich, IWR said German now gets 3 percent of its electricty from wind generators.
Hamburgische Landesbank figures show that Germany, the world leader in wind energy production, accounts for nearly half of the total wind-generated electrical output in Europe.
By the end of this year, the installed capacity in Germany will reach some 8,840 megawatts, out of a projected European-wide total of some 18,500. Spain -- where German wind technology companies are now the most involved -- is a distant second at around 4,440 megawatts.
Under European promotion of wind-generated electrical power production, by 2010 Europe is to have 77,000 megawatts of installed capacity, whereby Germany's share would be down to less than one-third at 25,000 megawatts. Spain would be next at 15,000 megawatts, followed by France at 10,000 megawatts and Britain at 5,000 megawatts.
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