Wind industry in Germany

Expert knowledge

Clearingstelle EEG | KWKG: Committed to clarification

The German facility clarifies disputes and legal application issues between different players in the German renewable energy industry.

Dance of the rotor blades in the Ecuadorian Andes

German engineering technology transports 73-metre-long rotor blades over the narrowest serpentines for Ecuador's largest wind farm.

German wind industry: Business is booming

GWPM spoke with some of Germanies top companies from the wind industry. There is a spirit of optimism - but also challenges.

Interview with Giles Dickson: “Ambitious expansion targets are not enough.”

In an interview with GWPM, CEO of WindEurope, looks at the future and opportunities for the European wind industry.

Windthermal energy: a new key technology for a sustainable energy future

Wind turbines are primarily known for producing electricity. But heat can also be generated directly with them.

Start up Evoblade: An upgrade for rotor blades

Evoblade develops aerodynamic retrofits for rotor blade optimisation as well as innovative small wind turbines.

Making wind energy tangible for the next generation

Thomas Simons has written a book for kindergarten-aged children about wind energy.

Cybersecurity: Meeting future challenges today

The German Cyberagentur develops future cybersecurity capabilities for critical infrastructure and Germany’s internal and external safety.

News from the companies

Book recommendation ‘No miracles needed’: How wind, sun and water can power the world

The influential academic Prof Mark Jacobson says renewables alone can halt climate crisis, with technologies such as carbon capture ...

RWE starts construction of large-scale solar project in Spain 🍪

The 92-megawatts project Gazules includes 240,000 bifacial modules and will supply 20,000 homes. The project will increase RWE’s solar capacity in Spain to 250 MW.

RWE orders two 100-megawatt electrolysis plants for GET H2 in Lingen

100 MW to be commissioned in 2024, another 100 MW in 2025. The proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers come from Linde Engineering.

Energiequelle subsidiary commissions wind farm in France

The six wind turbines contribute a total output of 18 MW to the energy transition

DrehPunkt GmbH and Turbit Systems GmbH provide deep software integration to the global wind operation market

The market leader for technical operations software rotorsoft and the AI technology ...

Siemens Energy and vgbe energy e.V. agree on extended cooperation for plant identification systems

Systematic plant identification is the basis and paving the way for digitalisation in ...

EU fund grants €108 million to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

FUREC consists of two plants to be built in Limburg (NL) that will convert residual waste into circular and green hydrogen.

Eolus and PNE start co-developing offshore wind in Latvia

The Kurzéme offshore wind project will have approximately 1,000 MW installed capacity with planned commercial operation start before 2030.

Partner companies - Wind industry in Germany

Planers & project developers

Volkswind GmbH

As a pioneer in the German wind energy industry Volkswind looks back to 30 successful years of planning, project development, construction ...

Small wind turbines (< 100 kW)

eno energy GmbH

The eno energy Group is Europe's leading medium-sized manufacturer of premium wind turbines.

Gears

Winergy

Winergy is the brand for wind gearboxes and generators of Flender GmbH and headquartered in Germany. To date Winergy has supplied over 350 ...

Service, maintenance & repair

XERVON Wind GmbH

XERVON Wind provides highly specialized services for wind turbines on land and at sea - from installation & commissioning to service & ...

Business Opportunities

Service company wanted for a repair of an MM82 nacelle

Service providerA service company for wind farm operation and asset management is looking for a service company for the repair of an MM82 nacelle and minor repairs.

Operations management software wanted for 50 wind farms

SoftwareVendor for software (operational management) wanted. Number of wind farms: 50 Total number of turbines: 170 How many employees should work with the system? 9th Desired project ...

Due diligence required for Enercon E 70 construction

Service providerCompany seeks support (due diligence) for the establishment of an Enercon E70

Service company wanted for 2x Jacobs 48/600 and 1x Jacobs 750

Service providerOperator is looking for a service provider for maintenance/service/repair for the following systems in Martinroda Thuringia . The systems are 2x Jacobs 48/600 and 1x Jacobs 750

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