Welcome to IEA Wind Member Country Activities for Germany

At the end of 2010, Germany had 21,585 wind turbines (2009: 21,164) installed with a capacity of 27,204 MW (2009: 25,777 MW). The new installed capacity in 2010 is 1,551 MW (2009: 1,880 MW) (1). In the German offshore market’s second year, 108 MW of new capacity was installed in the Baltic 1 (Baltic Sea) and BARD Offshore 1 (opening photo) (North Sea) offshore projects (2). So about 180 MW (2009: 60 MW) was installed offshore.

After construction in 2009, the alpha ventus offshore test site began public operation in April 2010. At the end of 2010, the European Commission authorized a grant of 30 million euro (40.3 million USD) from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) to alpha ventus. The accompanying research initiative at alpha ventus (RAVE) is funded by BMU with another 43 million euro (57.8 million USD). After near completion of the installation of all measuring equipment and sensors at foundations and turbines, RAVE started its practical data acquisitions from the alpha ventus test site at the end of 2010.