Numbers and facts
In 2022, wind energy had again the largest share in German electricity production, ahead of brown coal and other energy sources.
The graph shows the gross electricity production from onshore and offshore wind energy. In 2022 they had a total share of about 23 % (net) in the German electricity production.
Source: Fraunhofer ISE
At the end of 2022, there were a total of 28,443 onshore wind turbines in Germany.
Source: Deutsche WindGuard GmbH
551 new onshore wind turbines with a capacity of 2,403 MW were newly installed in 2022.
The total installed capacity of onshore wind energy is 58,106 MW.
Scource: Deutsche Windguard GmbH
In 2016 160,200 people were employed in the wind industry. Of which 27,200 people in the field of offshore and 133,000 people in onshore wind energy. After 2016 we saw a significant decline, due to diminished expansion rates of new wind turbines.
Since 2019, employment numbers are slowly recovering again and stand at around 130.000 as of 2021.
Source: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), 2022