Dive Summary:
- Markus Tacke, CEO of Siemens' Wind Power division, predicted that global installed wind capacity would reach 1,107 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, up from 273 GW in 2012, while speaking at the 4th Handelsblatt Annual Conference Renewable Energy 2013 in Berlin, Germany, according to Reuters.
- Tacke expects "the market will shift away from Europe" and towards Asia, predicting Europe and the Middle East's global wind market share to drop from 40% in 2012 to 34% in 2030 while Asia and the Pacific's market share will increase from 34% in 2012 to 47% in 2030.
