UK powers ahead as world’s biggest exporter of generators

Posted on 16 May 2013 by Tim Brown

The UK is the world’s number one exporter of power generators, outperforming the US and China, according to the Association of Manufacturers of Power Generating Systems (AMPS).

Diesel gensets are often used as backup or emergency power when the mains system fails, or to provide energy in remote areas off-grid. The UK has 19% of the electric generator export market – more than China, the nearest rival – and made £1.29bn worth of power generator sales to overseas markets in 2012.

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