Offshore Wind in Germany: Expansion on Schedule in First Half of 2019

Wind Industry Profile of

Urgent demand to increase the expansion targets

A total of 1,351 turbines with 6,658 MW connected to the grid | 42 turbines with 252 MW new in the grid | 679 MW under construction Increase in electricity generation from offshore wind of around 30 percent compared with the prior-year period Legal anchoring of expansion volume to at least 20 GW by 2030 and to at least 30 GW by 2035, thereby creating a long-term framework for the future Allocation of special contribution of up to 2 GW necessary On behalf of the German wind industry associations, Deutsche WindGuard today published the expansion figures for offshore wind energy in the first half of 2019 for... ... More: Official Press Release BWE, BWO, Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems and WAB

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