Germany added 156 production units in 2016, bringing the total to 947, BWE said, citing data pulled together from a number of lobbies and researchers. Germany is on target to surpass its target of 6.5 GW capacity of wind power by 2020, as the country added 818 MW of energy in 2016, bringing its current total to 4.1 GW, according to wind energy industry group BWE. The company also revealed offshore wind power production rose to 13 TWh, a rise of 57% on 2015. In 2015, Germany’s electricity consumption was around 945 TWh and it has been forecast that this figure will increase further over the next few years.
Germany is on target to surpass its target of 6.5 GW capacity of wind power by 2020, as the country added 818 MW of energy in 2016, bringing its current total to 4.1 GW, according to wind energy industry group BWE. The company also revealed offshore wind power production rose to 13 TWh, a rise of 57% on 2015. In 2015, Germany’s electricity consumption was around 945 TWh and it has been forecast that this figure will increase further over the next few years.