Market Report · July 20, 2026
Report Feature
The wind tower market experienced robust growth during the last five years and is expected to continue its growth momentum, reaching approximately US $21.6 billion in 2017 with a CAGR of 10.3% over the next five years (2012-2017). Asia is estimated to have the highest number of wind tower installations in 2017, and in terms of val
ue Europe will lead the global wind tower market because of higher prices.Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has analyzed the wind tower market and presents its findings in “Growth Opportunities in Global Wind Tower Market 2012?2017: Trends, Forecast and Opportunity Analysis.”
The business of generating electricity from wind is set to expand as China, the US, and ROW seek cleaner, more sustainable ways to create electricity. Although wind is more expensive than conventional energy sources, wind turbines have evolved rapidly, and decades of research and development have resulted in lower wind energy prices, making wind energy competitive with fossil-based fuel energy prices.
Lucintel’s research indicates that although the tower manufactures are deprived of the benefits of international markets due to transportation problems, the booming wind industry is expected to offset negativity and present immense opportunities for existing as well as new tower manufacturers in this market. In the next five years, the wind tower market is estimated to depict double-digit growth rate, driven by wind turbine market. China will be one of the leading countries in wind energy installations.
The report, which provides trend scenarios for 2006-2011 and forecast statistics for 2012–2017, includes a brief explanation of materials used to manufacture towers, highlights wind towers based on turbine categories by sizes, and profiles major tower manufacturers and companies market shares. This report splits the wind tower market into in-house tower sourcing or out-sourcing of towers by major wind turbine manufacturers, which provide insights to industry players regarding the tower market and its future needs. The report also describes new opportunities and
emerging trends in the global wind towers market and more.
This unique report from Lucintel will provide you with valuable information, insights and tools needed to identify new growt
h opportunities and operate your business successfully in this market. This report will save hundreds of hours of your own personal research time and will significantly benefit you in expanding your business in this market. In today’s stringent economy, you need every advantage that you can find.To make business, investment, and strategic decisions, you need timely, useful information. This market report fulfills this core need and is an indispensable reference guide for multinational materials suppliers, product manufacturers, investors, executives, distributors, and many more that operate in this market.
Some of the features of this report:
• The global wind towers market size in terms of value and volume
• The global wind tower market trend (2006-2011) and forecast (2012-2017) in terms of value and volume
• Tower material mapping by turbine capacity (MW) and by tower height
• Tower market: in-house and outsourced by volume
• Regional analysis of global wind tower by the key regions of North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World
• Growth opportunities and emerging trends in global wind towers market
• More than 26 figures/charts and 18 tables are provided in this roughly 92 page report
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
3.2. Wind Tower Manufacturers' Market Share
3.3. Regional Wind Tower Market by Volume and Value: 2011
3.4. Global Wind Towers Market by Turbine Categories
3.5. Challenges in Scaling Up Tower Length
3.6. Tower Manufacturers and Tower Customers
3.7. Tower Material Mapping by Turbine Capacity (MW)
3.8. Tower Material mapping by Tower Height
3.9. Tower Market Split between in-house and outsourced by Volume
3.10. Global Wind Tower Manufacturers Location
3.11. Preferred Material for Wind Tower Manufacturing
3.12. In-house and Outsourcing of Tower by Major OEMs
List of Tables
Figure 3.1: Wind tower manufacturers market share 2011
Figure 3.2: Wind tower market by volume 2011
Figure 3.3: Wind tower market by value 2011
Figure 3.4: Wind tower market distribution by turbine categories 2011
Figure 3.5: Global wind tower market distribution by in-house and outsource sourcing 2011
Figure 3.6: Global wind tower manufacturers location mapping 2011
Figure 4.1: Global wind tower market trend by value 2006-2011
Figure 4.2: Global wind tower market trend by volume 2006-2011
Figure 4.3: Regional wind tower market trend by volume 2006-2011
Figure 4.4: Regional wind tower market trend by value 2006-2011
Figure 4.5: Global wind tower market trend by turbine size 2006-2011
Table 3.1: Regional wind tower market growth rates by volume 2011
Table 3.2: Regional wind tower market growth rates by value 2011
Table 3.3: Global wind tower manufacturers and tower customers
Table 3.4: Global wind tower material mapping by turbine capacity (MW)
Table 3.5: Global wind tower material mapping by tower height (MW)
Table 3.6: Global wind tower material mapping for 2011 and 2017
Table 3.7: In-house and outsource sourcing of global wind towers by major OEMs
Table 4.1: Growth trend for new wind tower installation by value
Table 4.2: One, three and five years growth rates (CAGR) for global annual wind tower installation (by value)
Table 4.3: Growth trend (2006–2011) for new wind tower installation (by volume)
Table 4.4: One, three and five years growth rates (CAGR) for global annual wind Tower installation (by volume)
Table 4.5: Comparison of global annual nominal growth rates (CAGR) of low MW (smaller than 1.5 MW), Medium MW (1.5 MW), High MW (larger than 1.5 MW) wind tower installation (by volume) for the last one, three, and five years
Table 5.1: Global growth forecast (2012–2017) for new wind tower installation (by value)
Table 5.2: One, three and five years growth rates forecast (CAGR) for global annual wind Tower installation (by value)
Table 5.3: Growth forecast (2012–2017) for new wind tower installation by volume
Table 5.4: One, three, and five years growth rates forecast (CAGR) for global annual wind Tower installation (by volume)
Methodology
Lucintel has been in the business of market research and management consulting since 2000 and has published over 1000 market intelligence reports in various markets / applications and served over 1,000 clients worldwide. This study is a culmination of four months of full-time effort performed by Lucintel's analyst team. The analysts used the following sources for the creation and completion of this valuable report:
- In-depth interviews of the major players in this market
- Detailed secondary research from competitors’ financial statements and published data
- Extensive searches of published works, market, and database information pertaining to industry news, company press releases, and customer intentions
- A compilation of the experiences, judgments, and insights of Lucintel’s professionals, who have analyzed and tracked this market over the years.
Extensive research and interviews are conducted across the supply chain of this market to estimate market share, market size, trends, drivers, challenges, and forecasts. Below is a brief summary of the primary interviews that were conducted by job function for this report.
Thus, Lucintel compiles vast amounts of data from numerous sources, validates the integrity of that data, and performs a comprehensive analysis. Lucintel then organizes the data, its findings, and insights into a concise report designed to support the strategic decision-making process. The figure below is a graphical representation of Lucintel’s research process.
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