While European wind power markets will grow at a measured pace over the next six years, adding over 42,000MW of new wind power capacity, significant shifts in wind plant ownership and wind turbine supply are taking hold according to a new study by Emerging Energy Research, a research and advisory company based in Barcelona, Spain, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Spain will remain as Europe's main growth engine over the next five years according to the new EER study, European Wind Power Markets and Strategies, 2006-2011, while significant new growth is expected from other Southern European markets (Italy, Portugal, France), select Northern European markets (UK, Sweden) and emerging Eastern Europe.  Overall wind power capacity in Europe is expected to more than double, from 40,605MW in 2005 to 83,061MW by 2011, according to EER.