'''BTM Consult''' is an independent consultancy company specializing in services pertaining to renewable energy commercialization. The company was founded 1989 by Per Krogsgaard and Birger Madsen. The Staff at BTM Consult have been working with wind power utilization since 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.windpowerworks.net/the_campaign/associate_partners/btm_consult_aps.html |title=Consultancy on Wind Power Development. Publisher of the World Market Update Report |access-date=2009-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212170849/http://windpowerworks.net/the_campaign/associate_partners/btm_consult_aps.html |archive-date=2009-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.btm.dk/company-index.htm |title=Company Profile |access-date=2009-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402170440/http://www.btm.dk/company-index.htm |archive-date=2009-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In March 2010, BTM Consult released its 15th annual update report on the international wind power industry. This report showed that 2009 recorded the highest ever level of wind turbine installations.<ref name="rew10">Milford, Edward. [http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/07/btm-wind-market-report BTM Wind Market Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816104949/http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/07/btm-wind-market-report |date=2011-08-16 }} ''REW'' 20 July 2010. Retrieved: 6 August 2010</ref>
BTM Consult reports are widely cited in the media and other publications.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZKky0XK6IUC&dq=%22btm+consult%22&pg=PA358 ''Wind power'' by Paul Gipe], p. 358.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Vmupx_GVWLsC&dq=%22btm+consult%22&pg=PA29 ''Wind Energy in the 21st Century''], p. 29.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025073435/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-21060833.html Wind power world market analysis]</ref><ref>[http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/publications/WD/2009_february/Wind_News__February_March_.pdf BTM Consult foresees big things for China]</ref> In 2011, BTM Consults was acquired by Navigant [https://web.archive.org/web/20120807232019/http://www.navigant.com/industries/energy/renewable_energy/wind_consulting/] In 2000, when wind power contributed just 0.25% of electricity, BTM forecasted that wind would contribute 1.78% in 2010, which was then regarded as overly optimistic. As of 2010, a decade later, wind power indeed contributes around 1.6%.<ref name="rew10"/>
==See also== *List of renewable energy organizations *List of offshore wind farms *List of onshore wind farms
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Category:Renewable energy organizations Category:Renewable energy commercialization {{Wind power}}