What is Wind power in Germany?
[[File:Oesterwurth kuhs m winrads.jpg|thumb|Wind farm in Oesterwurth, Schleswig-Holstein]] [[Germany]] is the world's biggest user of [[wind power]] with an installed capacity of 20,621MW in 2006, ahead of Spain which had 11,615MW.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global wind energy markets continue to boom – 2006 another record year |url=http://www.gwec.net/uploads/media/07-02_PR_Global_Statistics_2006.pdf |access-date=2007-05-01 |archive-date=2011-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407175732/http://www.gwec.net/uploads/media/07-02_PR_Global_Statistics_2006.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are 18,000 [[wind turbine]]s in Germany. The country plans to build more.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wind-energie.de/en/wind-energy-in-germany/overview/ |title=Wind energy in Germany -- overview |access-date=2007-05-01 |archive-date=2007-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522084946/http://www.wind-energie.de/en/wind-energy-in-germany/overview/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Renewable energy in Germany]] * [[Passivhaus]] * [[Global warming]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Wind farms]] [[Category:Economy of Germany]] [[de:Windenergie#Deutschland]]