Germany’s latest onshore wind tender has again been significantly undersubscribed, failing to come anywhere near the 650 megawatts (MW) on offer and awarding only 208 MW, continuing a year-long trend which can be easily traced back to substantial permitting issues.
The latest German onshore wind tender has again been significantly undersubscribed, awarding only 270 megawatts (MW) of a tendered volume of 650 MW, with state permitting again held up as the defining factor constraining results.
The growth of onshore wind energy is collapsing in Germany, according to European wind energy trade body WindEurope, and in the process is jeopardising not only the renewable energy targets of Germany but of the whole European Union.
Only 41 wind turbines with a combined output of 134 megawatts (MW) were installed in Germany in the first quarter of 2019, plummeting 87% from the same quarter a year earlier, according to figures released on Monday by German consultancy FA Wind.
Germany’s latest onshore wind tender was again under-subscribed with only 476 megawatts (MW) of capacity being awarded of an available 700 MW.
