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Onshore wind costs 8.2 cents. Getting permission still costs years
German data puts new onshore wind at 8.2 cents per kWh against gas backup at three to four times that. Auctions are oversubscribed and capital is queueing. The bottleneck has moved entirely to permitting.
Why onshore wind’s next megawatts are coming from sites that already exist
Repowering and life extension are becoming a mainstream route to new onshore wind capacity in Germany and the Nordics, as permitting and grid constraints slow greenfield development.
Batteries are becoming the other half of the wind build-out in Germany and the Baltics
Grid-scale storage is scaling alongside wind in Germany and the Baltics. A look at what Kyon Energy's three-state start and Latvenergo's record investment year say about where flexibility is heading.
Perigus Energy takes over permitted 21 MW Olpe-Rehringhausen wind project from ABO Energy
Perigus Energy has bought the rights to the 21 MW Olpe-Rehringhausen wind farm from ABO Energy. The three-turbine project was permitted in March 2026.
Renewables support 31,000 jobs in the Hamburg metropolitan region, study finds
A study for the Renewable Energies Hamburg cluster puts the sector at around 31,000 jobs and 5.3 billion euros in gross value added, with wind the largest segment at about 13,000 jobs.
Capcora appointed to sell SOWITEC’s 32 GW renewables project portfolio
Frankfurt advisory firm Capcora will run the sale of wind project rights totalling about 32 GW held by the insolvent SOWITEC Group, including roughly 330 MW in Germany.
Deutsche WindGuard passes one gigawatt under technical operations management
The Varel-based services company now monitors more than 1 GW of wind, solar, hybrid and storage capacity in Germany and the Netherlands from its 24/7 control room.
SuedLink’s Elbe tunnel is finished as Germany’s power corridors near commissioning
SuedLink's 5.2 km ElbX tunnel under the Elbe is complete. Cable pulling starts late 2027 and the 700 km link enters service at the end of 2028.
German wind additions jump 53 per cent as offshore returns to the grid
Germany added 3,948 MW of wind between January and July 2026, up 53 per cent year on year, with 1,194 MW of it offshore after a year with no offshore commissioning at all.
Germany’s grid and capacity package draws legal challenges from several directions
Germany's grid connection package faces a constitutional opinion against it, doubts over EU-law compatibility, a Bundeskartellamt warning and an EU complaint against the capacity market law.
EnBW completes turbine installation at Germany’s largest offshore wind farm
All 64 Vestas 15 MW turbines are installed at EnBW's 960 MW He Dreiht, Germany's largest offshore wind farm, built without subsidy and backed by corporate PPAs.
German offshore industry presses for contracts for difference after zero-bid round
After Germany's offshore auction drew zero bids, the WindSeeG draft proposes 2,000-4,800 MW annual volumes, two-sided CfDs and 35-year operating lives. Industry says it does not go far enough.
IWR analysis: Germany’s new energy policy course points to higher power prices
An IWR analysis argues that Germany's capacity market, EEG amendment and grid connection package shift system control to regulated monopolies and will push electricity prices up rather than down.
BWO online talk to examine ETS reform and the offshore wind steel supply chain
BWO hosts an online panel on 26 August with Peter Liese MEP, Steelwind Nordenham, Salzgitter and Ørsted on what ETS revision means for offshore wind steel.
Eurowind Energy buys two permitted German wind farms totalling 86.7 MW
Eurowind Energy has bought two permitted onshore wind projects in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania totalling 86.7 MW across thirteen turbines.
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