Factbox: Top 10 wind turbine suppliers in 2009

(Reuters) - China's wind turbine manufacturers are growing fast, challenging the dominance of players such as Vestas and GE.

According to Danish consultants BTM, three Chinese suppliers now rank among the world's top ten turbine makers.

Following is a list of the top 10 wind turbine makers and their percentage of the global market.

TOP-10 WIND TURBINE SUPPLIERS IN 2009 (ACCORDING TO BTM):

Rank Company Country Percentage of global

market

1) Vestas Denmark 12.5

2) GE U.S. 12.4

3) Sinovel China 9.2

4) Enercon Germany 8.5

5) GoldWindChina 7.2

6) Gamesa Spain 6.7

7) DongfangChina 6.5

8) Suzlon India 6.4

9) Siemens Germany 5.9

10) RePower Germany 3.4

Others 18.5

(Compiled by Victoria Bryan; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter)