Onshore wind expansion in Germany stalls in Jan-Jun 2022

The Ostermarsch-Norden wind park in Germany. Image by Enercity AG.

The rollout of onshore wind energy in Germany stagnated in the first half of the year when 238 turbines with a combined capacity of 977 MW were installed across the country.

Thus, new onshore wind additions fell 0.2% in the first six months of the year as compared with a year earlier, the German mechanical engineering industry association VDMA said on Thursday.

The approval of new projects also stagnated during the period under review as permits were issued for only 306 wind turbines with a total capacity of 1,536 MW.

Details about the deployment of onshore wind capacity in Germany in the first half of 2022 are available in the table below.

H1 2022	Capacity	Number of wind turbines
Gross additions	977 MW	238
-- of which repowering	133 MW	35
Decommissioned turbines	99 MW	82
Net capacity deployed	878 MW	156
Cumulative onshore wind capacity	56,848 MW	28,287

The key obstacles to the expansion of onshore wind energy in Germany remain the lack of areas available for turbines, the lengthy approval process, and supply chain disruptions.

The forecast for the full year was slightly increased and the new onshore wind additions are now seen in the range of 2.4 GW to 3 GW, up from 2.3 GW - 2.7 GW projected in January.

Currently, onshore wind projects with a total capacity of around 10,000 MW are in the approval process, around 2,250 MW of which are from the first half of 2022.

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