Wind power price drop squeezes industry profits
The spectacular price drop in Germany鈥檚 auctions for wind energy spells trouble for the industry, write John Blau and Franz Hubik for Handelsblatt Global. 鈥淲e are going through turbulent times; there will be some upheavals in our industry,鈥� Hans-Dieter Kettwig, chief executive of Enercon, told the authors. 鈥淭he problem is that prices are falling so fast that technological progress can鈥檛 keep up,鈥� explains Arash Roshan Zamir, an analyst with Warburg Research. According to Dirk Briese, head of consultancy wind:research, consolidation in the industry will intensify.
Last week, the price for onshore wind power fell a further ten percent in Germany鈥檚 third auction for the technology to an average of 3.8 cents per kilowatt-hour.
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