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Romania was the seventh largest market in the EU for wind turbine installation
Depending only on the mounted wind turbines in November 2014, however, Romania was the seventh largest market in the EU. "Investments in wind projects ranged last year from 12.1 to 18.7 billion Euro," said the latest report published by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), quoted by Ziarul Financiar. "Onshore wind projects have attracted between 8.9 billion and 12.8 billion Euro, while offshore projects have attracted between 4.2 billion and 5.9 billion Euro."
For the total installed capacity, Germany was the largest market last year, followed by the United Kingdom, Sweden and France. According to EWEA's document, "the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe have installed 838 MW, which means 7.1 per cent of all installations." Therefore, in 2014 that these countries accounted for a smaller slice of the total European market compared to 2013, when the per centage was 16 per cent. EWEA explained the causes were the retroactive legislation changes in Romania and the uncertainties related to the impact of changes in the support scheme from Poland.(Source: balkans.com)