German onshore wind power – output, business and perspectives
This factsheet explores the state of the German wind power industry, the state of funding and support in an energy system increasingly geared towards renewables.
German Public Electricity Generation in 2025: Wind and Solar …
The strongest net electricity producer was wind power, followed by photovoltaics, which increased its production by 21 percent and thus overtook lignite for the first time.
Report 2023 Germany
In 2023, land-based wind energy in Germany was the most important power source: 22.9% of the provided gross electricity generation stemmed from onshore wind turbines, totalling 61 GW of …
Does Germany need wind power? – DW – 01/22/2025
Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total output of around 14 gigawatts, a record high, said a new report from the …
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Germany’s Net Public Electricity Generation in 2025: Wind and Solar Take the Lead for the First Time In 2025, the share of renewables in Germany’s net public electricity …
More Wind, Falling Efficiency: The Driving Factors …
Much of Germany's generation is attributed to onshore wind turbines (about 80% of the total wind power generation), hosting about …
The Expansion Of Wind Energy In Germany
In response to the ongoing energy crisis sparked by the Ukraine war, Germany has accelerated its wind energy projects, driven …
Wind power in Germany
Wind power is a major source of electricity in Germany and the Energiewende (German for 'energy turnaround') that has phased out nuclear power in 2023. Domestic generation is about …
German Public Electricity Generation in 2025: Wind and Solar Power …
The strongest net electricity producer was wind power, followed by photovoltaics, which increased its production by 21 percent and thus overtook lignite for the first time.
Does Germany need wind power? – DW – 01/22/2025
Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total output of around 14 gigawatts, a record high, said a new report from the German Wind Energy Association and …
Wind energy in Germany
Germany is one of the largest wind energy markets worldwide. In 2023, the country ranked third in terms of installed wind capacity, only after China and the United States. …
More Wind, Falling Efficiency: The Driving Factors of German …
Much of Germany's generation is attributed to onshore wind turbines (about 80% of the total wind power generation), hosting about 28,400 turbines with 58 GW installed …
The Expansion Of Wind Energy In Germany
In response to the ongoing energy crisis sparked by the Ukraine war, Germany has accelerated its wind energy projects, driven both necessity and long-term environmental …
Wind power in Germany
Windpark Holtriem in East Frisia, adjacent to the North Sea Erection of a turbine (2017) Enercon turbines size comparison Wind power is a major …
Electricity sector in Germany
Gross generation of electricity by source in Germany 1990–2024 (2024 provisional) Germany electricity production by source Germany is a major …
German Net Power Generation in 2024: Electricity Mix …
Decentralized battery storage systems are particularly well suited to buffering the generation of wind and solar power. New photovoltaic systems in private households are usually installed …
German offshore wind power
Despite offshore wind’s promising potential and the government’s ambitious targets of achieving a total capacity of 30 GW by 2030, Germany did not …
Germany’s wind power shortfall stirs Europe’s …
Germany, Europe's largest wind power producer, is experiencing its most prolonged period of below-average wind speed …
Wind power
Wind power in Germany is leading the way in the field of renewable electricity generation. In 2022, around 37.4 TWh of wind power were supplied across the 50Hertz grid area, with 33.8 TWh …
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Wind power was the country’s largest source of electricity at 28%, while solar made up 15%, bioenergy 10% and hydro 5%. Germany was the world’s fourth largest generator of …
Does Germany need wind power?
As Germany moves towards federal elections, wind power features in many party manifestos. Some politicians would prefer a return to nuclear power, …
More Wind, Falling Efficiency: The Driving Factors …
Here, we decompose the increase in German wind power generation into its driving factors: rotor swept area, number of operating …
Cleaner German power sector coming under …
Germany's power system has continued to clean up its act over the first five months of 2024, setting several key milestones in terms of …
German power sector’s recent rollercoaster is not over, but the …
Germany’s power market is in the midst of a significant transition. Demand continues to fall despite normalizing prices, and retired coal and nuclear capacity mean the …
German energy sector: Electricity from the sun, wind and hydrogen
Electricity from the sun, wind and hydrogen: Germany’s energy sector is in the midst of a comprehensive transformation.
German wind-reliant power firms brace for annual 'dunkelflaute'
The regular and pronounced drops in Germany's wind generation force power firms to deploy varying quantities of power from other sources to balance system needs.
Wind power in Germany
Wind power is a major source of electricity in Germany and the Energiewende (German for 'energy turnaround') that has phased out nuclear power in 2023. Domestic generation is about …
The Expansion Of Wind Energy In Germany
In response to the ongoing energy crisis sparked by the Ukraine war, Germany has accelerated its wind energy projects, driven both necessity and long-term environmental …