Alternative Power: Wind power
Installed production capacity
Installed wind turbine power in MW
increased world-wide from 2000 MW (1990) to 32,000 MW (2002).
[Bild der Wissenschaft 5/2003]
(2001: 25,000 MW [BdW 8/2002])
Germany's share increased from 5% (beginning of 1990's)
to nearly 40% (2002) with >12,000 MW in 13,759 systems
(of which added only in 2002: 3250 MW and 2328 systems)
[BdW 5/2003]
(2001: 37% with 9000 MW by 12,000 wind mills [BdW 8/2002])
2002, installed wind turbine power: Germany (1), USA (2), Spain (3), France
[BdW 5/2003]
Actual production
2001(?), Denmark produced 17% of its electricity from wind
[Zeit 31/2002],
and Germany 3%
[BdW 8/2002].
Germany plans to reach 10% in 2010 through new off-shore parks
[Zeit 31/2002])
In 2002, Germany created 16.8 bio kWh electricity from wind
[BdW 5/2003].
This means, barely >50% of the capacity comes to use
At times of strong wind in January 2002,
the German costal state of Schleswig-Holstein
produced 50% of its electricity by wind power
[Zeit 31/2002]
Prices
Power production price:
between 5.6 ¢(EU) per kWh (1MW system running full power 3,000h p.a.)
and max. 13.8 ¢(EU) per kWh (150 kW system running full power 1,500h p.a.).
NB from a year's 8760 hours,
average full power time in Germany is 1,800h p.a;
off-shore wind farms are predicted to have 3,500-4,000h full power time p.a.
[BdW 5/2003]
2000 Denmark stopped its wind power sponsorship.
2000 Germany started its EEG sponsorship for renewable energies:
guarantees 8.8 ¢(EU) per kWh for the first 5 years of a new wind power system
[BdW 5/2003]
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