Official installed capacities  

Year	Capacity (MW)	Growth (%)	Onshore share (MW)	Offshore share (MW)
1997	2,081
1998	2,875
1999	4,443
2000	6,095
2001	8,754
2002	12,001
2003	14,609
2004	16,629
2005	18,428
2006	20,621
2007	22,247
2008	23,903
2009	25,777
2010	27,190
2011	29,060
2012	31,308
2013	34,660
2014	40,468
2015	45,192
2016	50,019
2017	56,190
2018	59,560
2019	61,357
2020	62,784
2021	63,760
2022	66,315
2023	69,475
2024	72,683
2025	77,691

Zones (*)  

Zone	Connected capacity (MW)	Share (%)
Niedersachsen
Schleswig-Holstein
Brandenburg
Offshore
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Sachsen-Anhalt
Rheinland-Pfalz
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Hessen
Bayern
Baden-Württemberg
Thüringen
Sachsen
Saarland
Bremen
Hamburg
Berlin
Unidentified	0,0

Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

Manufacturer	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
Enercon
Vestas
Nordex
Siemens
Senvion
GE Vernova
Repower
Neg Micon
Siemens-Gamesa
Bonus
Others	5,400,4
Unidentified	6,893,5

Top 25 turbines (*)  

Turbine	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
E82/2300
V90/2000
E115/3000
E66/1800
E70/2300
E70/2000
V80/2000
N117/2400
V112/3000
E82/2000
V112/3300
E101/3000
E101/3050
SWT-6.0-154
3.2M114
SWT-3.6-120
E138/4200
V126/3450
1.5sl
N149/5.X
E92/2350
V126/3300
6M126
V174/9.5MW
V164/8000
Others	31,360,3
Unidentified	7,546,9

Turbine power distribution (*)  

Power range	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Less than 1 MW
1 to 2 MW
2 to 3 MW
3 to 4 MW
4 to 5 MW
5 to 6 MW
6 to 7 MW
7 to 8 MW
More than 8 MW

Wind farm age distribution (*)  

Period	Number of connected wind farms	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Before 1980
1980 to 1989
1990 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
Since 2020
Undated

	Databases        Germany (windfarms) Germany (national report) Europe (windfarms) World (windfarms) All databases

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	Main windfarms in operation EnBW Hohe See (497,0 MW) Baltic Eagle (476,3 MW) Veja Mate (402,0 MW) Bard Offshore 1 (400,0 MW) Global Tech I (400,0 MW) Arkona (384,0 MW) Merkur Offshore (378,0 MW) Wikinger Offshore (366,1 MW) Gode Wind I (344,5 MW) Kaskasi (342,0 MW) Nordsee One Offshore (332,1 MW) Borkum Riffgrund I (312,0 MW) Amrumbank West (302,4 MW) Borkum Riffgrund II (298,8 MW) Dan Tysk (298,6 MW)

	Recent windfarms Wiedenfelder Höhe (17,1 MW) Mahlsdorf (68,0 MW) Oederquart (33,4 MW) Lasbek (22,8 MW) Marienfließ (13,6 MW) Gebstedt (8,4 MW) Esperke (22,8 MW) Altertheim (4,3 MW) Ostenfelde 2 (6,2 MW) Gebstedt (4,2 MW)

	Legend #ND: no data (*): according to The Wind Power database

	Update for this sheet 20 January 2026