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ENDNOTES 02 MARKET AND INDUSTRY TRENDS - WIND POWER<br />

James Quilter, “Alstom opens third factory in Brazil,” Windpower<br />

Monthly, 2 February 2015, http://www.windpowermonthly.com/<br />

article/1332029/alstom-opens-third-factorty-brazil; Elizabeth<br />

Trovall, “What’s hampering Brazil’s wind sector?” bnamericas.<br />

com, 3 February 2015, http://www.bnamericas.com/news/<br />

electricpower/whats-hampering-brazils-wind-sector. Additional<br />

information about new factories is Brazil is available from GWEC,<br />

op. cit. note 1, p. 28. Egypt and Morocco from Mahmoud, op. cit.<br />

note 60.<br />

127 Based on information and references in this paragraph and on<br />

Aris Karcanias, FTI Consulting, cited in Joshua S. Hill, “Global<br />

wind energy market expected to reach 59 GW,” CleanTechnica, 27<br />

October 2015, http://cleantechnica.com/2015/10/27/global-windenergy-market-expected-reach-59-gw/;<br />

FTI Consulting, op. cit.<br />

note 1, cited in FTI Consulting, op. cit. note 101.<br />

128 Jesse Broehl, “Wind energy implications of the Alstom and GE<br />

deal,” Renewable Energy World, 17 September 2015, http://<br />

blog.renewableenergyworld.com/ugc/blogs/2015/09/wind_<br />

energy_implicat.html; “GE completes acquisition of Alstom power<br />

and grid businesses,” press release (Paris: 2 November 2015),<br />

http://www.genewsroom.com/press-releases/ge-completesacquisition-alstom-power-and-grid-businesses-282204;<br />

GE also<br />

acquired modular blade manufacturer Blade Dynamics (UK), from<br />

Campbell and Weston, op. cit. note 128.<br />

129 Lydia Mulvany, “Nordex to acquire Spain’s Acciona Windpower<br />

for $880 million,” Bloomberg, 4 October 2015, http://www.<br />

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-04/nordex-to-acquirespain-s-acciona-windpower-for-880-million;<br />

“Nordex acquires<br />

Acciona Windpower for $880m,” Energy Business Review, 5<br />

April 2016, http://wind.energy-business-review.com/news/<br />

nordex-acquires-acciona-windpower-for-880m-050416-4856272.<br />

130 Ivan Shumkov, “Vestas buys US wind turbine servicing co<br />

UpWind for USD 60m,” SeeNews Renewables, 8 December<br />

2015, https://renewables.seenews.com/news/vestas-buys-uswind-turbine-servicing-co-upwind-for-usd-60m-504671;<br />

Vestas,<br />

“Vestas to acquire Germany-based independent service provider<br />

Availon,” press release (Aarhus, Denmark: 20 January 2016),<br />

https://www.vestas.com/en/investor/announcements#!160120_<br />

ca_uk_02; Michelle Froese, “Vestas completes acquisition of<br />

Availon,” Windpower Engineering & Development, 2 March 2016,<br />

http://www.windpowerengineering.com/policy/business-issues/<br />

mergers-acquisitions/vestas-completes-acquisition-availon/;<br />

“Major renewable energy developer EDF expands into community<br />

wind, acquires OwnEnergy,” Renewable Energy World, 25 August<br />

2015, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/08/<br />

major-renewable-energy-developer-edf-expands-intocommunity-wind-acquires-ownenergy.html.<br />

131 Centerbridge from Shaun Campbell and David Weston, “Review<br />

of 2015, part one,” Windpower Monthly, 31 December 2015,<br />

http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1377896/review-<br />

2015-part-one; MTOI from Feng Zhao, FTI Consulting, personal<br />

communication with REN21, 11 April 2016.<br />

132 Gamesa joined forces with rail company CAF (Construcciones<br />

y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Spain), and each company is taking<br />

a 50% interest in NEM Solutions, from “Gamesa joins forces<br />

with CAF and fortifies its commitment to predictive technology<br />

for turbine maintenance with the acquisition of 50% of NEM<br />

Solutions,” press release (Madrid/Vizcaya: 17 December 2015),<br />

http://www.gamesacorp.com/en/communication/news/gamesajoins-forces-with-caf-and-fortifies-its-commitment-to-predictivetechnology-for-turbine-maintenance-with-the-acquisition-of-50-<br />

of-nem-solu.html?idCategoria=0&especifica=0.<br />

133 Sawyer, op. cit. note 7; pure wind energy original equipment<br />

manufacturers (OEMs) from Corbetta, op. cit. note 69, 30 March<br />

2016.<br />

134 See, for example: Ivan Shumkov, “Gamesa sells 24-MW wind park<br />

in Poland to Windflower,” SeeNews Renewables, 7 January 2016,<br />

https://renewables.seenews.com/news/gamesa-sells-24-mwwind-park-in-poland-to-windflower-508067;<br />

Anna Hirtenstein,<br />

“GE boosts stakes in two US wind farms jointly owned with Enel,”<br />

Bloomberg, 4 January 2016, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/<br />

articles/2016-01-04/ge-boosts-stakes-in-two-u-s-wind-farmsjointly-owned-with-enel;<br />

Herman K. Trabish, “Midwestern utilities<br />

Xcel and Westar make big wind buys,” Utility Dive, 5 January<br />

2016, http://www.utilitydive.com/news/midwestern-utilitiesxcel-and-westar-make-big-wind-buys/411499/;<br />

Ivan Shumkov,<br />

“US regulators okay TAQA’s sale of 50% in 205-MW wind farm,”<br />

SeeNews Renewables, 4 January 2016, https://renewables.<br />

seenews.com/news/us-regulators-okay-taqas-sale-of-50-in-<br />

205-mw-wind-farm-507632; “Aquila snares Norway wind stake,”<br />

Renews Biz, 30 December 2015, http://renews.biz/101021/<br />

aquila-snares-norway-wind-stake; Lucas Morais, “EDPR to<br />

sell 49% of 598-MW wind portfolio in Poland, Italy,” SeeNews<br />

Renewables, 29 December 2015, http://renewables.seenews.<br />

com/news/edpr-to-sell-49-of-598-mw-wind-portfolio-in-polanditaly-507238;<br />

“Boralex expands French footprint,” Renews Biz,<br />

29 December 2015, http://renews.biz/101012/boralex-expandsfrench-footprint;<br />

Brian Eckhouse, “TerraForm Power acquires 832<br />

megawatts of Invenergy wind farms,” Bloomberg, 16 December<br />

2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-16/<br />

terraform-power-acquires-832-megawatts-of-invenergywind-farms;<br />

David Gutman, “Canadian company buys WV<br />

wind project for $200 million,” Charleston Gazette-Mail, 27<br />

November 2015, http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20151127/<br />

GZ01/151129566/1419; “Chinese energy firm invests in 600 MW<br />

Mexican wind portfolio,” Renewable Energy World, 14 October<br />

2015, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/10/<br />

chinese-energy-firm-invests-in-mexican-wind-portfolio.<br />

135 Trabish, op. cit. note 134; wind project capacity acquired from<br />

AWEA, “US Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2015 Market Report,”<br />

op. cit. note 29.<br />

136 David Weston, “China’s SDIC acquires UK offshore projects<br />

from Repsol,” Windpower Offshore, 25 February 2016,<br />

http://www.windpoweroffshore.com/article/1385190/<br />

chinas-sdic-acquires-uk-offshore-projects-repsol.<br />

137 David Gutman, “Canadian company buys WV wind project for<br />

$200 million,” WV Gazette Mail, 27 November 2015, http://www.<br />

wvgazettemail.com/article/20151127/GZ01/151129566/1419.<br />

138 Corbetta, op. cit. note 69, 30 March 2016. Ian Clover, “Wind<br />

company Suzlon enters India solar market with 210 MW project,”<br />

PV Magazine, 13 January 2016, http://www.pv-magazine.com/<br />

news/details/beitrag/wind-company-suzlon-enters-india-solarmarket-with-210-mw-project_100022766/.<br />

Also see, for example,<br />

Karl-Erik Stromsta, “Ones to watch: wind and solar joining forces,”<br />

Recharge News, 4 January 2016, http://www.rechargenews.com/<br />

wind/1419869/ones-to-watch-wind-and-solar-joining-forces.<br />

139 Optimise and grid codes from Tildy Bayar, “Wind turbine<br />

manufacturers consider new drivetrain in technology,”<br />

Renewable Energy World, 16 September 2015, http://www.<br />

renewableenergyworld.com/articles/print/volume-18/issue-9/<br />

features/wind/wind-turbine-manufacturers-consider-newdrivetrain-technology;<br />

Ray Pelosi, “The next generation in wind<br />

power technology,” Renewable Energy World Magazine, March/<br />

April 2016, pp. 26–30.<br />

140 “Senvion beefs up 3MW stable,” Renews Biz, 13 April 2015, http://<br />

renews.biz/86879/senvion-beefs-up-3mw-stable/. Beginning<br />

in January 2017, grid operators will have new requirements for<br />

providing continuously stable feed-in of wind energy, from idem.<br />

141 Matt Rosoff, “Jeff Immelt: GE is on track to become a ‘top 10<br />

software company’,” Business Insider, 29 September 2015,<br />

http://www.businessinsider.com/ge-ceo-jeff-immelt-top-10-<br />

software-company-2015-9; Meg Cichon, “GE introduces digital<br />

wind farm that could boost production 20%, re-ignites Alstom<br />

buyout talk,” Renewable Energy World, 20 May 2015, http://www.<br />

renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/05/ge-introducesdigital-wind-farm-that-could-boost-production-20-percentreignites-alstom-buyout-talk.html.<br />

142 FTI Consulting, op. cit. note 1, Technology Overview; Jami<br />

Hossain, Wind Energy 2050: On the Shape of Near 100% RE Grid<br />

(Bonn: WWEA, October 2015), p. 7, http://www.wwindea.org/<br />

wwea-publishes-wind-energy-2050-on-the-shape-of-near-100-<br />

renewable-energy-grid/.<br />

143 Significantly higher capacity factors from Ryan Wiser et al., op.<br />

cit. note 106, p. vii; new opportunities from IEA, op. cit. note 70,<br />

p. 346. In the United States, rotor diameters, turbine nameplate<br />

capacity and hub height have increased significantly over the<br />

years, and capacity factors averaged 33% in 2014, up from 30%<br />

in 2000, from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL),<br />

2014 Wind Technologies Market Report Highlights, prepared for<br />

US Department of Energy, Wind and Water Power Technologies<br />

Office (Berkeley, CA: August 2015), p. 3, http://www.energy.gov/<br />

sites/prod/files/2015/08/f25/2014WindTechnologiesMarketRepo<br />

rtHighlights8-11.pdf. Hub heights and rotor diameters have been<br />

increasing in Germany as well, from Deutsche WindGuard, op. cit.<br />

note 44, p. 3.<br />

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