REpower's Canadian orders to come in sooner than expected

The massive deal REpower inked in late 2009 with RES Canada and EDF Energies Nouvelles more than compensates for the company’s slow penetration into the US market, Nauen says.

REpower commands a 3.3% slice of the US market, compared to 10.2% in the UK, 8.8% in Germany and 21.9% in France, where it has found the most success.

REpower, which claims it has never had a framework agreement slip through its fingers, was originally expected to book a trickle of smaller orders under the Canadian deal in late 2011, before opening the floodgates in 2012 and 2013.

But