Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » germany renewable energy http://inhabitat.com Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Germany Boosted Its National Wind Power Capacity by 20% in 2012 http://inhabitat.com/germany-boosted-its-national-wind-power-capacity-by-20-in-2012/ http://inhabitat.com/germany-boosted-its-national-wind-power-capacity-by-20-in-2012/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:56:28 +0000 Timon Singh http://inhabitat.com/?p=481390
German wind farm photo from Shutterstock Last year, Germany made headlines when it met half of its weekend power demand using solar energy alone. But that's not all - the nation just announced that it installed 1,008 new wind turbines last year with a total]]> german wind energy association, vdma wind systems, wind turbines, wind power, wind energy, germany, germany renewable energy, wind power generationGerman wind farm photo from Shutterstock

Last year, Germany made headlines when it met half of its weekend power demand using solar energy alone. But that’s not all – the nation just announced that it installed 1,008 new wind turbines last year with a total capacity of 2,439 megawatts. This figure exceeds the previous year’s wind energy capacity by roughly 20%, further exhibiting the stable growth of the German renewable energy market.

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Germany has decided to turn its back on nuclear energy following Japan's recent disaster, but what will the nation do now? As part of the country's new national energy plan, it will be building more than 2,800 miles of new high-voltage transmission lines in]]> germany nuclear plants, germany nuclear power, Germany wind industry, Germany wind power, offshore wind, onshore wind power, wind energy, wind energy replace nuclear one, germany transmission lines, germany renewable energy

Germany has decided to turn its back on nuclear energy following Japan’s recent disaster, but what will the nation do now? As part of the country’s new national energy plan, it will be building more than 2,800 miles of new high-voltage transmission lines in order to double its current renewable energy target of 35 percent by 2020. The new transmission lines will carry wind power from existing wind farms all over the nation to the county’s industrial areas and population centres. Germany is also proposing several new wind farms in the North Sea and plans to tap Norway’s abundant reserves of hydropower.

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