But in the face of a shrinking home market, can Siemens, Enercon, Nordex and Senvion continue to be major players on the global stage?

According to Germany’s wind-energy federation, BWE, the strong position of the country’s wind industry developed, in large part, is thanks to the stable support regime based on feed-in tariffs (FITs) that was introduced by the Renewable Energies Act (EEG) in 2001 and created a constant pioneering market in the country.

“A