Vestas controlled 19% of the turbine market in 2008, but saw its position shrink to around 14% in 2009, according to Danish consultancy MAKE.
The biggest shake-up in the list came from Chinese players. Sinovel and Goldwind, which held the 8th and 9th slots last year, rocketed to the 3rd and 5th positions in 2009. There are now as many Chinese firms on the top 10 list as there are German firms – a first for the wind industry.
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