Wind Power in Germany - Statistics

Statistics

Installed wind power capacity and generation in recent years is shown in the table below:

Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Installed Capacity (MW) 55 106 174 326 618 1,121 1,549 2,089 2,877 4,435
Generation (GW·h) 71 100 275 600 909 1,500 2,032 2,966 4,489 5,528
% of electricity use 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.0
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Installed Capacity (MW) 6,097 8,750 11,989 14,604 16,623 18,390 20,579 22,194 23,826 25,703
Generation (GW·h) 7,550 10,509 15,786 18,713 25,509 27,229 30,710 39,713 40,574 38,639
% of electricity use 1.3 1.8 2.7 3.1 4.2 4.4 5.0 6.4 6.6 6.7
Year 2010 2011 2012
Installed Capacity (MW) 27,191 29,075 31,332
Generation (GW·h) 37,793 46,500
% of electricity use 6.2 7.7

Offshore only:

Year 2009 2010 2011
Generation (GW·h) 38 174 560
% of Wind Gen. 0.1 0.5 1.2

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