Schwerin (dpa/mv) - When it comes to onshore wind energy, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is lagging behind the other northern states in terms of both existing and expanding wind energy. According to the independent consulting company Windguard, only eight wind turbines with a capacity of 30 megawatts were added in Germany in the first half of the year, compared to 233 megawatts of net additions in the neighboring state of Schleswig-Holstein.
The north-east only has a share of 6 percent of all the systems in Germany, compared to 13 percent in Schleswig-Holstein and 21 percent in Lower Saxony. According to the statistics, the federal state is in a league with Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria, which has been criticized for its restrictive regulations on new wind power construction.
According to the Federal Network Agency, based on the tenders for new construction carried out so far this year, little will change in the situation. While in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania plants with a total output of 82 megawatts have been awarded the contract for construction, in Lower Saxony it is 504 and in Schleswig-Holstein 483 megawatts.
If the state government wants to make its contribution to the federal government's expansion goals, more would have to happen than has been the case up to now. According to Windguard, the desired target for the expansion in Germany from 2025 at 10 gigawatts per year is about twice as high as the value in the record year 2017. "These ambitious goals can only be achieved if a corresponding number of projects are approved and the processes and processes required for implementation are implemented Supply chains work," it said. According to the Wind Energy Area Requirement Act, the northeast must provide 1.4 percent of the state's area for the use of wind energy by 2027, and 2.1 percent by 2032. Only 0.8 percent are currently designated as wind suitability areas.
