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The World Wind Energy Association predicts continued strong growth for the wind energy market: "Wind energy continued its dynamic growth worldwide in the year 2006. 14.900 MW were added in the past year summing up to a global installed capacity of 73.904 MW by the end of December 2006. The added capacity equals a growth rate of 25 %, after 24 % in 2005. The currently installed wind power capacity generates more than 1 % of the global electricity consumption. Based on the accelerated development, WWEA has increased its prediction for 2010 and expects now 160.000 MW to be installed by the end of 2010".
It is expected that by the end of 2007 the installed capacity will exceed 90.000MW.
See + www.wwindea.org
While the overall world wind energy market is growing very fast, consistently outpacing previous predictions, most industry experts also believe that off shore wind energy has a very large role to play in the future of wind energy. For instance, in Germany, which along with Spain continues to attract Europe's largest investment in this sector, the German Wind Energy Institute is expecting offshore wind to account for roughly a third of its total wind energy installed capacity by 2017 and account for 50% by the year 2030.
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