Summary

This report gives an in-depth analysis of the global small wind energy market and provides forecast estimates up to 2013. The research analyzes the key trends, major issues and growth opportunities in global small wind market and tracks the average turbine size from 2001 to 2008. Elaborate profiling of major industry participants, information on major small wind farm projects and analysis of important news and deals provide insight into the competitive scenario in the global small wind industry. This coupled with detailed information on the regulatory framework and key policies governing the industry provide a comprehensive understanding of the market for small wind power.

Scope

-The report provides detailed analysis of key issues and challenges for present and potential small wind market players globally.
-The report covers detailed qualitative analysis of the market scenario and analysis of key countries such as the USA and UK
-The report covers technological analysis, cost analysis, distribution channel analysis of small wind turbines.
-The report details historical and forecast statistics along with growth estimates installed capacity for small wind power from 2004 to 2013.

Reasons to buy

-The report will enhance the decision making capability in a more rapid and time sensitive manner. It will allow the user to:
-Identify key growth and investment opportunities in the Global small wind power market
-Identify key partners and business development avenues
-Position yourself to gain the maximum advantage of the industry's growth potential by developing strategies based on the latest operational and regulatory events
-Identify key strengths and weaknesses of important small wind power markets
-Facilitate decision-making based on strong historic and forecast data

Table of Contents

1.1 List of Tables 6
1.2 List of Figures 8
2 Small Wind Technology 9
2.1 Small Wind Vs Large Wind 9
2.2 Small Wind System Components 9
2.3 Small Wind Technology Advancement 11
2.4 Small Wind Technology Trends 16
2.5 Small Wind Turbine, Analysis by power range 16
2.5.1 Turbines with Power Ratings less than 1 kW 16
2.5.2 Turbines with Power Ratings 1 kW to 10 kW 17
2.5.3 Turbines with Power Ratings 10 kW to 100 kW 17
3 Small Wind Market Analysis 19
3.1 Small Wind Market, Market Dynamics 20
3.1.1 Small Wind Market, Market Characteristics 20
3.2 Small Wind Market, Market Forces Analysis 22
3.2.1 Small Wind Market, Key Drivers 22
3.2.2 Small Wind Market, Key Challenges 22
3.3 Small wind Cost Analysis 23
3.3.1 Small Wind Turbine, Cost comparison between rural pole and urban roof mounted turbine 23
3.4 Small Wind Turbine Distribution Channel Analysis 26
4 Global Small Wind Power Market 27
4.1 Global Small Wind Power Market, Market Overview 27
4.2 Global Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Annual Capacity, 2004-13 27
4.3 Global Small Wind Turbine Market, Manufacturers Share, 2008 29
5 Small Wind Power Market, Key Country Analysis 31
5.1 US Small Wind Power Market, Market Overview 31
5.2 US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Capacity, 2001-13 31
5.3 US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Cumulative Power Generation, GWh, 2001-2013 33
5.4 US Small Wind Power Market, On-Grid/ Off-Grid Split, 2006-08 35
5.5 US Small Wind Power Market, Split by power range 2006-08 38
5.6 US Small Wind Power Market, Carbon Savings, 2001-13 40
5.7 US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Homes Powered, 2001-13 42
5.8 US Small Wind Power Market, Share of US manufacturers in domestic market 43
5.9 US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Market for Exports, 2006-13 43
5.10 US Small Wind Turbine Market, Historical and Forecast Revenues, 2004-13 45
5.11 UK Small Wind Power Market, Market Overview 46
5.12 UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Capacity, 2005-13 46
5.13 UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Cumulative Power Generation, GWh, 2005-2013 48
5.14 UK Small Wind Power Market, Capacity addition by power range, 2005-08 49
5.15 UK Small Wind Power Market, Number of units installed by power range, 2005-08 52
5.16 UK Small Wind Power Market, On-Grid/ Off-Grid Split, 2005-08 54
5.17 UK Small Wind Power Market, Carbon Savings, 2001-13 56
5.18 UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Homes Powered, 2001-13 58
5.19 UK Small Wind Turbine Market, Historical and Forecast Revenues, 2005-13 59
6 Global Small Wind Market, Product Information 60
6.1 Global Small Wind Market, Technical details of turbine models 60
7 Northern Power Systems, Inc., Company Snapshot 69
7.1 Key Information 69
7.2 Company Overview 69
7.3 Business Description 69
7.3.1 Business Overview 69
7.4 Major Products and Services 70
7.5 History 71
7.6 Competitors 71
7.7 Key Employees 72
7.8 Key Employee Biographies 72
7.9 Locations and Subsidiaries 73
7.9.1 Head Office 73
8 Southwest Windpower Company, Company Overview 74
8.1 Key Information 74
8.2 Major Products and Services 74
8.3 Competitors 75
8.4 Key Employees 75
8.5 Locations and Subsidiaries 75
8.5.1 Head Office 75
9 Entegrity Wind Systems Inc., Company Overview 76
9.1 Key Information 76
9.2 Major Products and Services 76
9.3 Competitors 77
9.4 Key Employees 77
9.5 Locations and Subsidiaries 78
9.5.1 Head Office 78
9.5.2 Other Locations & Subsidiaries 78
10 Proven Energy Limited, Company Overview 79
10.1 Key Information 79
10.2 Major Products and Services 79
10.3 Competitors 80
10.4 Key Employees 80
10.5 Locations and Subsidiaries 80
10.5.1 Head Office 80
11 Bergey WindPower Co., Company Overview 81
11.1 Key Information 81
11.2 Major Products and Services 81
11.3 Competitors 82
11.4 Key Employees 82
11.5 Locations and Subsidiaries 82
11.5.1 Head Office 82
12 Appendix 83
12.1 About Alternative Energy Etrack 83
12.2 Methodology 83
12.2.1 Coverage 84
12.2.2 Secondary Research 84
12.2.3 Primary Research 85
12.2.4 Expert Panel Validation 85
12.3 Contact Us 85
12.4 Disclaimer 86

1.1 List of Tables
Table 1:Global Small Wind Turbine Market, Technical parameters for small wind turbines 18
Table 2:Global Small Wind Turbine Market, Cost Comparison for Rural pole and Urban rood mounted turbines, 2008 25
Table 3:Global Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Installed Capacity,(MW), 2004-13 28
Table 4:Global Small Wind Power Market, Manufacturers Share, (kW, %), 2008 30
Table 5:The US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Installed Capacity,(MW), 2001-13 33
Table 6:The US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Installed Capacity,(MW), 2005-13 34
Table 7:The US Small Wind Power Market, Historical On-Grid/Off-Grid Split, Units, 2006-08 36
Table 8:The US Small Wind Power Market, Historical On-Grid/Off-Grid Split, (kW), 2006-08 37
Table 9:The US Small Wind Power Market, On-Grid/Off-Grid Split by power range,(kW), 2008 38
Table 10:The US Small Wind Power Market, Split by power range,(%), 2006-08 39
Table 11:The US Small Wind Power Market, Split by power range, (%), 2006-08 40
Table 12:US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Cumulative Carbon Savings, Thousand Tons, 2001-13 41
Table 13:US Small Wind Power Market, Number of Homes Powered, 2001-13 42
Table 14:The US Small Wind Power Market, Split by power range, (%), 2006-08 43
Table 15:US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Annual Export Market, 2006-13 44
Table 16:US Small Wind Turbine Market, Historical and Forecast Revenues, US$ Million, 2004-13 46
Table 17:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Installed Capacity, (MW), 2005-13 47
Table 18:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Installed Capacity, (MW), 2005-13 49
Table 19:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annual installed capacity by power range, (MW), 2005-08 50
Table 20:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annual installed capacity by power range, (%), 2005-08 51
Table 21:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Cumulative capacity split by power range, (%), 2005-08 52
Table 22:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annually installed units by power range, (MW), 2005-08 53
Table 23:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annually installed units by power range, (%), 2005-08 54
Table 24:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annually installed units by power range, (MW), 2005-08 55
Table 25:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annually installed units by power range, (MW), 2005-08 56
Table 26:UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Cumulative Carbon Savings, Thousand Tons, 2005-13 57
Table 27:US Small Wind Power Market, Number of Homes Powered, 2001-13 58
Table 28:UK Small Wind Turbine Market, Historical and Forecast Revenues, US$ Million, 2005-13 59
Table 29:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, AIR X 60
Table 30:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, Skystream 3.7 61
Table 31:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, EW50 62
Table 32:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, AOC 15/50 63
Table 33:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, PROVEN 3.2 64
Table 34:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, Excel-S 10.0 kW 65
Table 35:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, Bergey XL.1 66
Table 36:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, R9000 67
Table 37:Global Small Wind Market, Product Information, NorthWind 100 68
Table 38:Northern Power Systems, Inc., Key Facts 69
Table 39:Northern Power Systems, Inc., Key Employees 72
Table 40:Southwest Windpower, Key Facts 74
Table 41:Southwest Windpower, Key Employees 75
Table 42:Entegrity Wind Systems Inc., Key Facts 76
Table 43:Entegrity Wind Systems Inc., Key Employees 77
Table 44:Entegrity Wind Systems Inc., Other Locations 78
Table 45:Proven Energy Limited, Key Facts 79
Table 46:Proven Energy Limited, Key Employees 80
Table 47:Bergey WindPower Co., Key Facts 81
Table 48:Bergey WindPower Co., Key Employees 82

1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1:Small Wind Turbine, Basic Turbine Components 11
Figure 2:Small Wind Turbine, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) 12
Figure 3:Small Wind Turbine, Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) 13
Figure 4:Small Wind Technology, Stand Alone (off-grid) Small Wind system 14
Figure 5:Small Wind Technology, Grid Connected Small Wind system 15
Figure 6:Small Wind Technology, Hybrid Electric Systems 15
Figure 7:Small Wind Market Analysis, Procedure for installing a small wind turbine 19
Figure 8:Small Wind Industry, List of Stakeholders 20
Figure 9:Small Wind, Cost Breakdown for Rural pole mounted turbine, 2008 24
Figure 10:Small Wind, Cost Breakdown for Urban pole mounted turbine, 2008 24
Figure 11:Global Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Installed Capacity, (MW), 2004-13 28
Figure 12:Global Small Wind Power Market, Manufacturers Share, (kW, %), 2008 29
Figure 13:The US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Installed Capacity, (MW), 2001-13 32
Figure 14:The US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Cumulative Power Generation, (GWh), 2001-13 34
Figure 15:The US Small Wind Power Market, Historical On-Grid/Off-Grid Split, Units, 2006-08 36
Figure 16:The US Small Wind Power Market, Historical On-Grid/Off-Grid Split, (kW), 2006-08 37
Figure 17:The US Small Wind Power Market, On-Grid/Off-Grid Split by power range,(kW), 2008 38
Figure 18:The US Small Wind Power Market, Split by power range,(kW), 2006-08 39
Figure 19:The US Small Wind Power Market, Split by power range, (%), 2006-08 40
Figure 20:US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Cumulative Carbon Savings, Thousand Tons, 2001-13 41
Figure 21:US Small Wind Power Market, Number of Homes Powered, 2001-13 42
Figure 22:US Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Annual Export Market, 2006-13 44
Figure 23:US Small Wind Turbine Market, Historical and Forecast Revenues, US$ Million, 2004-13 45
Figure 24:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Installed Capacity, (MW), 2005-13 47
Figure 25:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Cumulative Power Generation, (GWh), 2005-13 48
Figure 26:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annual installed capacity by power range, (MW), 2005-08 50
Figure 27:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annual installed capacity by power range, (%), 2005-08 51
Figure 28:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Cumulative capacity split by power range, (MW, %), 2005-08 52
Figure 29:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annually installed units by power range, (MW), 2005-08 53
Figure 30:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annually installed units by power range, (%), 2005-08 54
Figure 31:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annually installed units by power range, (MW), 2005-08 55
Figure 32:The UK Small Wind Power Market, Annually installed units by power range, (%), 2005-08 56
Figure 33:UK Small Wind Power Market, Historical and Forecast Cumulative Carbon Savings, Thousand Tons, 2005-13 57
Figure 34:US Small Wind Power Market, Number of Homes Powered, 2001-13 58
Figure 35:UK Small Wind Turbine Market, Historical and Forecast Revenues, US$ Million, 2005-13 59
Figure 36:GlobalData Methodology 84