Eolic energy is one of the few sectors that haven’t been hit too hard from the recent economic crisis. In fact among the renewables is the one that developed at a highest rate, even over what was expected.
Nine point three gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity was installed in the EU during 2010, reaching a total of 84 GW by the end of 2010, according to figures released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

The reason of the constant  growth worlwide is simple: eolic energy is the only renewable source of energy that is competitive with the production costs of fossil fuels also without the help of incentives Installing an eolic park makes a lot of sense economically speaking, because wind energy is less dependent from from the volatility of petrol prices .So is not only an excellent source of clean energy, but is also a good business.
In the EU eolic energy covers around 5% of total electric energy.

Thanks to eolic energy in the European Union has been created over 12,000 new jobs a year in the last 5 yearsand has been forecasted that in 2020 the number of workers in this field will reach 330,000 units.
According to the last report of the Global Wind Energy Council the eolic sector could cover the 12% of the World electric energy needs within the year 2020. What is impressive is the speed of the growth that was unexpected also from major international organizations such as the International Energy Agency that had forecasted an installed capacity of 104 giga watt in 2020, quota that has been reached already in 2008. In this sense is getting difficult to forecast what will happen, because the reality of market has been always better of what expected from experts, analysts and operators.

Under the spot

China – The country is heavily investing in wind energy, thanks to the enourmous lands and costlines. At the end of 2010 China had installed around 42 Gigawatts of electric capacity becominw the world’s leading producer, with several chinese companies producing wind turbines and components.

UK – British projects will lead the offshore wind energy market for the next eight years. This conclusion is drawn by GL Garrad Hassan in the new edition of their “Offshore Wind Energy Market Report”. Development of offshore wind will be strong in further Northern European markets such as Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden. Garrad Hassan

Germany – Germany can generate 25 percent of its electricity from wind by 2020 if the government sticks to its plan of phasing out nuclear power, the nation’s wind industry lobby group said. Wind turbines onshore may reach 45,000 MW of installed power capacity, while offshore equipment will provide another 10,000 MW a decade from now, says BWE. Bloomberg