German state puts the brakes on new wind turbines
Germany is launching this year's second onshore wind tender, but the country's most densely-populated state plans to implement an order to reduce the potential for new turbines by 80 percent.
The development of onshore wind in the German state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) risks coming to a full stop. After the center-right party CDU won the latest election in the country's largest – and traditionally social democratic – state, the party and its coalition partner, right-wing FDP, have heralded big changes in the rules for installing wind turbines. These changes will slow the onshore wind development significantly.
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