Wind Energy in the United Kingdom

Wind Energy in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United Kingdom wind energy market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

The wind energy industry consists of the net generation of electricity through on-shore and off-shore wind farms and turbines. The volume of the market is calculated as the net volume of electricity produced through wind energy in gigawatt hours (GWh), and the market value has been calculated according to an average of annual domestic and industrial retail prices per kWH, inclusive of applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2013 annual average exchange rates. Please note that 1 gigawatt hour (GWh) is identical to 1 million kilowatt hours (kWh), or 1,000 megawatt hours (MWh).

The UK wind energy industry had total revenues of $4,407.4m in 2013, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.5% between 2009 and 2013.

Industry production volume increased with a CAGR of 26.6% between 2009 and 2013, to reach a total of 23,913.6 GWh in 2013.

The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 24% for the five-year period 2013 – 2018, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $12,905.0m by the end of 2018.

Scope

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key wind energy market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

Reasons to buy

What was the size of the United Kingdom wind energy market by value in 2013?

What will be the size of the United Kingdom wind energy market in 2018?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United Kingdom wind energy market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Companies mentioned

Centrica plc, EDF Energy plc, RWE AG and Scottish and Southern Energy plc

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 9

Market value 9

Market volume 10

Market Segmentation 11

Geography segmentation 11

Market Outlook 12

Market value forecast 12

Market volume forecast 13

Five Forces Analysis 14

Summary 14

Buyer power 15

Supplier power 16

New entrants 17

Threat of substitutes 18

Degree of rivalry 20

Leading Companies 21

Centrica plc 21

EDF Energy plc 25

RWE AG 28

Scottish and Southern Energy plc 32

Macroeconomic Indicators 36

Country Data 36

Appendix 38

Methodology 38

Industry associations 39

Related MarketLine research 39

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: United Kingdom wind energy industry value: $ million, 200913 9

Table 2: United Kingdom wind energy industry volume: GWh, 200913 10

Table 3: United Kingdom wind energy industry geography segmentation: $ million, 2013 11

Table 4: United Kingdom wind energy industry value forecast: $ million, 201318 12

Table 5: United Kingdom wind energy industry volume forecast: GWh, 201318 13

Table 6: Centrica plc: key facts 21

Table 7: Centrica plc: key financials ($) 22

Table 8: Centrica plc: key financials (£) 23

Table 9: Centrica plc: key financial ratios 23

Table 10: EDF Energy plc: key facts 25

Table 11: EDF Energy plc: key financials ($) 26

Table 12: EDF Energy plc: key financials (£) 26

Table 13: EDF Energy plc: key financial ratios 26

Table 14: RWE AG: key facts 28

Table 15: RWE AG: key financials ($) 30

Table 16: RWE AG: key financials (€) 30

Table 17: RWE AG: key financial ratios 30

Table 18: Scottish and Southern Energy plc: key facts 32

Table 19: Scottish and Southern Energy plc: key financials ($) 33

Table 20: Scottish and Southern Energy plc: key financials (£) 34

Table 21: Scottish and Southern Energy plc: key financial ratios 34

Table 22: United Kingdom size of population (million), 200913 36

Table 23: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 200913 36

Table 24: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 200913 36

Table 25: United Kingdom inflation, 200913 37

Table 26: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 200913 37

Table 27: United Kingdom exchange rate, 200913 37

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: United Kingdom wind energy industry value: $ million, 200913 9

Figure 2: United Kingdom wind energy industry volume: GWh, 200913 10

Figure 3: United Kingdom wind energy industry geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2013 11

Figure 4: United Kingdom wind energy industry value forecast: $ million, 201318 12

Figure 5: United Kingdom wind energy industry volume forecast: GWh, 201318 13

Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the wind energy industry in the United Kingdom, 2013 14

Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the wind energy industry in the United Kingdom, 2013 15

Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the wind energy industry in the United Kingdom, 2013 16

Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the wind energy industry in the United Kingdom, 2013 17

Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the wind energy industry in the United Kingdom, 2013 18

Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the wind energy industry in the United Kingdom, 2013 20

Figure 12: Centrica plc: revenues & profitability 23

Figure 13: Centrica plc: assets & liabilities 24

Figure 14: EDF Energy plc: revenues & profitability 27

Figure 15: EDF Energy plc: assets & liabilities 27

Figure 16: RWE AG: revenues & profitability 31

Figure 17: RWE AG: assets & liabilities 31

Figure 18: Scottish and Southern Energy plc: revenues & profitability 34

Figure 19: Scottish and Southern Energy plc: assets & liabilities 35

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