Last
year
represented
a
21%
capacity
increase
on
the
2GW
added
in
2011,
says
a
study
for
the
German
Wind
Energy
Association
(BWE)
and
VDMA
Power
Systems,
an
engineering
trade
body.
“Germany
is
a
pillar
of
strength
in
a
turbulent
global
market
where
wind
energy
is
concerned,”
claims
Thorsten
Herdan,
managing
director
of
VDMA
PS,
which
is
predicting
a
global
decline
in
installations
of
up
to
10%
this
year.
“Both
the
expected
slump
of
the
US
market
in
2013
and
the
progressive
isolation
of
the
declining
Chinese
market
are…
