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[h=2]German Wind Industry In A Coma: Tenders For Wind Energy Projects “Have Fallen To New, All-Time Low”[/h]By P Gosselin on 11. September 2019
Tenders for new wind energy projects in Germany “have fallen to a new, all-time low”, the online IWR reports here.
After the installation of thousands of megawatts of German wind power capacity led to instability in the power grid, exploding electricity prices and the destruction of natural landscapes and biotopes, protests against wind projects ratcheted up to the point where the government was forced to scale back on subsidies two years ago. The result: investments in wind parks, once seen as the future of Germany’s energy supply, have since collapsed. . . .
Tenders for new wind energy projects in Germany “have fallen to a new, all-time low”, the online IWR reports here.
After the installation of thousands of megawatts of German wind power capacity led to instability in the power grid, exploding electricity prices and the destruction of natural landscapes and biotopes, protests against wind projects ratcheted up to the point where the government was forced to scale back on subsidies two years ago. The result: investments in wind parks, once seen as the future of Germany’s energy supply, have since collapsed. . . .