Berlin. In 2011, the German wind power market once again grew strongly, as VDMA Power Systems and the German Wind Energy Association (PWP) announced today in Berlin. At the beginning of the year, the two organizations forecast that the German market would recover after a weak 2010.
According to the latest statistics collated by the German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI), 895 (2010: 754) turbines were newly installed with a collective capacity of 2,007 (2010: 1,551) megawatts – 456 MW more than in 2010, equivalent to 30 percent growth.