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Abstract: . . . €5.7 billion. The 34,205MW installed in the EU by the end of 2004 will, in an average wind year, produce some 73 TWh of electricity. (3) Since 2001, the European Commission . . . . . . market liberalisation is expected to give all consumers the ability to choose their energy supplier by mid 2007, and while the number of consumers that are free to choose . . . . . . electricity and gas markets was to increase competition in the different areas of the sector and to create a level playing field between generators. Although market liberalisation . . . . . . WIND ENERGY SECTOR CRITICISES LACK OF COMPETITION IN EUROPEAN POWER MARKETS Brussels, 3rd February 2005 . . . . . . undertaken in the Member States was leading to significant distortions of competition, a lack of a ‘level playing field’ between companies from different countries, and that . . . . . . consumers the freedom to choose supplier does not necessarily guarantee effective competition; consumers could continue to be free to choose any supplier as long as it . . . --995,6,83,1379,4975
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