Enertrag Receives Approvals For Wind Turbines in The Uckermark

With new wind turbines with a capacity of around 3,180 MW onshore and 742 MW offshore, 2024 marks a year of transition in the German wind industry. The national wind market is expected to pick up significantly in the future. The renewable energy service provider Enertrag is also benefiting from this trend and is starting the new year with remarkable success.

Following the rising approval and tendering figures, the conditions are good for the national wind market to gain significant momentum again. In 2024 alone, wind turbines with a capacity of around 11,000 MW were awarded by the Federal Network Agency as part of the onshore wind tenders. In the improving market environment, Enertrag received four approvals for wind farm projects at the turn of the year – a successful conclusion for 2024 and a promising start for 2025.

Enertrag receives green light for wind farms with a capacity of almost 190 MW

At the turn of the year 2024/2025, Enertrag received the permits for 26 wind turbines with a total capacity of 187.2 MW. The turbines are to be installed in the four wind farm projects Malchow Ost, Schenkenberg 4 and 5 and Tantow 1 in the Uckermark region. With this decision, Enertrag has reached a significant milestone. The installation of Vestas V172 wind turbines with a capacity of 7.2 MW each and a hub height of 175 meters is planned for all projects.

The Malchow Ost project comprises 12 Vestas V172 wind turbines and is being realized in the municipality of Göritz in the district of Brüssow. This project was initiated back in 2010 and is one of the largest contiguous wind energy projects in the company’s history.

The Schenkenberg 4 and 5 wind farm projects are also located in the district of Brüssow in the municipality of Schenkenberg and comprise 10 V172 wind turbines.

As part of the Tantow 1 project, 4 V172 wind turbines are to be erected in the municipality of Tantow in the district of Gartz. The long lead time is particularly noteworthy: the project was launched back in 2003, which underlines Enertrag’s long-term commitment, according to the company.

“These approvals are an outstanding result and are the result of many years of good cooperation in the individual project teams and working groups,” emphasizes Marc Transfeld, Regional Manager North Brandenburg at Enertrag.

“Never before in Enertrag’s history have we been able to achieve permits of this magnitude in such a short period of time. This is a tremendous success that has only been possible thanks to the outstanding work of our teams,” adds Tom Lange, Head of Wind & PV Development at Enertrag.

Wind energy in Germany in 2024 at previous year’s level – upturn expected in 2025/26

The expansion of wind energy in Germany stagnated in 2024 compared to the previous year 2023, but it is expected that market development will gain significant momentum in 2025 and especially 2026 due to the increasing number of approvals and tenders.

In 2024, a total of 701 wind turbines (2023: 782 turbines) with a capacity of 3,920 MW (2023: 3,843 MW) were newly commissioned. Onshore wind energy accounted for 628 newly built and commissioned wind turbines (2023: 755 turbines) with a capacity of 3,178 MW (2023: 3,585 MW). In the offshore wind energy market segment, 73 wind turbines (2023: 27 turbines) with a capacity of 742 MW (2023: 257 MW) were connected to the grid These figures are based on an initial evaluation of the Market Master Data Register (MaStR) of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), which was carried out by the International Economic Forum for Renewable Energies (IWR) in Münster (as of January 3, 2025).

North Rhine-Westphalia leads the federal state rankings with 152 new wind turbines and 733 MW of capacity, followed by Lower Saxony (126 turbines, 652 MW), Schleswig-Holstein (115 turbines, 579 MW), Brandenburg (69 turbines, 360 MW) and Saxony-Anhalt (46 turbines, 250 MW). Saarland (2 turbines, 9.8 MW), Saxony (5 turbines, 23.9 MW) and Thuringia (6 turbines, 30.7 MW) are at the bottom of the ranking. No wind turbines were commissioned in the city states (Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin) in 2024.

According to BNetzA data, around 32,500 wind turbines with a total capacity (gross) of around 74,900 MW have been commissioned in Germany as of December 31, 2024. As more and more old turbines are being dismantled at the end of their service life and replaced by new, more powerful wind turbines (repowering), there are currently around 30,620 turbines with a net capacity of 72,700 MW in operation.

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