AEE Alerts of the deslocalización of the wind industry of Spain if it lengthens the moratorium

The companies manufacturers of aerogeneradores present in Spain alert that, if the planned wind moratorium in the Royal decree 1/2012 prolongs , the industry runs the risk to disappear of the country. Thus, the integrated cheese cheese companies in the Group of Work of manufacturers of the Wind Business Association (AEE) ask to the Government signal of future, in shape of a new frame regulatorio stable, that finish with an uncertainty that prolongs already from does more than two years with the consequent fall of the production, the loss of employment and the deslocalización to other countries.

The manufacturers warn that the load of work of the industry hardly arrives to the half of his productive capacity. Since the requests of aerogeneradores in factory realise between 1,5 and two years before it begin the installation of a park and to the not having a frame regulatorio further of 31 December 2012, in what it goes of year there is not new requests of turbines for the national market. This adds to that in 2011 the requests were for less than 100 MW and the ones of 2010, for 220 MW, in front of an upper average to 1.500 MW in previous years (see chart).

The wind industry, that employs to some 30.000 people, has lost more than ten thousand places of work in the last years like consequence of the uncertainty. It warns that his situation already is insostenible and asks to the Government that take into account to the hour to regulate that the wind has created to his around an industrial fabric with companies in all the chain of supply —of the big manufacturers to the small providers—, exports technology by more than 2.000 million annual euros, invests in R&D some 150 millions to the year and has situated to Spain like the fourth country of the world in wind patents.

The manufacturers do upsetting in that the Government can not lose of sight that Spain needs to the wind to advance in his energetic independence of face to the predictable rise of the prices of the fuels fossils and to fulfil the aims vinculantes of the European Directive on renewable, since it is the most mature technology of the special diet. The problem is that, if the wind paralyses now, to few years to be competitive without incentives, when it want to reactivate it will have lost the national talent, as well as one of the few sectors in which our country is indisputable referent to world-wide level.

The wind sector understands the complicated economic situation by which crosses Spain and has showed in repeated occasions his availability to do sacrifices. But it considers that it is not the manager of the deficit of price —his contribution in 2011 was zero—, by what the solution can not happen of any way by the destruction of his industry and of his 30.000 places of work. Of here that it request with urgency a sustainable regulation for the economy that guarantee the survival of a key sector for the Spanish economy.