According to experts, without sufficient green electricity, Germany will not only fail to meet the climate targets – industry could also migrate.
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Berlin, Dusseldorf It took more than 20 years for wind turbines to turn on land in Germany today with an output of 56 gigawatts. In just seven years more would have to be installed, 59 gigawatts to be precise, for the federal government to reach its target of 115 gigawatts for 2030.
An evaluation prepared for the Handelsblatt by the Energy Economics Institute at the University of Cologne (EWI) suggests that this will hardly be possible. There is a risk of a gap in the power supply.
According to the EWI, from 2023 to the end of 2029, 5.8 wind turbines with an average output of 4.2 megawatts each would have to be added every day in Germany. Possible dismantling of old systems is included in this. A historical comparison shows how daunting the task is: On average, from 2010 to 2021, around 3.5 wind turbines were erected per day with an average rated output of just 2.8 megawatts.
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