Country Info Germany

Germany has always been one of the global players concerning the use of wind energy. With a current installed capacity of 24.7 GW - this equals about 20,700 wind energy converters - Germany still belongs to one of the leading wind energy markets. During the last years there was an enormous growth in other wind energy markets for example in USA and Spain. Nevertheless Germany still plays an important roll in comparison to the growing world market.

The continuous development of the German wind energy sector is the result of the environmental policy, which is highly linked to the goals set by the Kyoto Protocol. Through this policy a legal framework was created to guarantee the administrative approval as well as the operation of wind energy converters. >> Read complete country report.