Schlagwort: new onshore wind farms

Simplify and Accelerate is the way forward: Europe still takes too long to permit wind farms

Germany is showing everyone else how it’s done. They permitted 15 GW of new onshore wind farms in 2025. That’s seven times more than they were permitting five years ago.

Rebound in wind energy financing in 2023 shows that the right policies attract investors

Investments in wind energy in Europe

Europe invested a record €48bn in wind energy last year

Wind energy permitting is improving but Governments still have work to do

Wind- and Solarenergy

Europe approved significantly more permits for new onshore wind farms in 2023 than in previous years

Germany has turned the corner on onshore wind

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After almost two years of undersubscribed auctions it was the second consecutive auction that was oversubscribed. And that’s not the only good news for onshore wind in Germany. The permitting numbers are up. And the new Government wants to scale up the build-out of new onshore wind.

8 “to dos” for Governments to deliver the expansion of onshore wind needed for the Green Deal

EcofinConcept wind and solar energy

Europe wants to be climate neutral by 2050. And onshore wind will play a central role in that. According to the European Commission‘s decarbonisation scenarios it will be a quarter of Europe’s electricity consumption by 2050.