Status 31.12.2000

Status 31.12.2000

Wind Energy Use in Germany

The assessment of wind energy use in Germany resulted in a number of 9,359 installed turbines with a rated power of 6,094.8 MW. 1,495 wind turbines (WT), each having a rated power of 5 or more kW, with a total of 1,665.26 MW rated power were installed only in the year 2000. Compared to 1999, there was a small increase in the newly installed capacity of 6.2 % while the number of newly erected turbines decreased by 10.8 %. The average size of the newly installed turbines has reached 1,113.9 kW per unit. The estimated total volume of capital investment in
2000 in Germany amounts to about 3,660 Mio. DM.

Rehfeldt, Knud; DEWI Sucursal en España;

Stand, Christian; DEWI Wilhelmshaven