"It is too early to say whether, for a third year running, there will be more wind energy capacity installed than any other electricity generating technology, but it is clear that wind energy will be competing for the top spot with new gas power plants," Christian Kjaer, the chief executive of the wind association, said on Monday.
Gas installations far outpaced wind installations four years ago in Europe, with nearly 20 gigawatts of new capacity compared with 9 gigawatts of wind, according to figures from the association. But the gap narrowed sharply the following year and, by 2008, wind had overtaken gas for the first time.
Last year there were 10 gigawatts of new wind capacity compared with 7 for new gas.
On Monday, the association forecast that the union would install another 10 gigawatts of new wind power capacity this year. That would take total wind capacity in the European Union to 85 gigawatts from 75 last year.
On Monday, the association forecast that the union would install another 10 gigawatts of new wind power capacity this year. That would take total wind capacity in the European Union to 85 gigawatts from 75 last year.
Roughly 1,000 megawatts of new wind capacity this year will come from offshore sources, compared with about 580 megawatts last year, it predicted. Germany will install the most new wind capacity, followed by Britain, the association said.
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