Happy Birthday, EEG! The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) came into force on 1 April 2000. Since then it has become an important instrument of German energy policy. It is still indispensable for a…
WAB postpones WINDFORCE Conference to September
Bremerhaven, 26 March 2020 – Bremerhaven-based wind industry group WAB has decided to postpone its WINDFORCE Conference 2020 from May 12th and…
Energy transition: Industrial strategy urgently needed! Innovative wind industry needs planning security beyond 2030Bremen/Bremerhaven/Hannover, March 16, 2020 - The current political discussions as…
Germans and British deepen their offshore wind-cooperation
WAB goes Berlin: Established regulars' table visiting the British Embassy on 6 February
Bremerhaven/Berlin, 29 January 2020 – WAB…
Press release
10 years of successful offshore wind expansion in Germany - Getting increased expansion volumes off the ground quickly
· 160 turbines at sea with…
Offshore wind creates jobs in Baden-Württemberg
Wind energy at sea leads to added value and jobs across Germany
Stuttgart, 21 January, 2020 – No other federal state has more jobs in the offshore…
Deutsche Windtechnik will be providing maintenance for Vestas V112 turbines at the Bokel-Ellerdorf wind farm
Starting in February 2020, Deutsche Windtechnik will be taking over maintenance…
The European Green Deal needs more offshore wind in Germany - also for “green” hydrogen
WindEurope report on Europe’s offshore wind potential by 2050 undervalues Germany's share – to the detriment…
WAB Supports Internationalisation with Joint Stand at Copenhagen Trade Show
A weak home market is pushing German companies into export markets
Copenhagen, 28 November 2019 - WAB e.V.…
WAB and H2BX sign cooperation agreement and hold first joint working group meeting
Bremerhaven, 17 October 2019 - The production of hydrogen for storing and transporting electricity from wind energy…
Husum, 10 September 2019 - From 10 to 13 September, the cradle of the wind industry, HUSUM Wind, will once again be the meeting place for the wind industry in Germany. The WAB will be represented…
Bremerhaven, 05 September 2019 - In the first half of 2019, Germany has experienced a negative record in the construction of onshore wind turbines since the year 2000: Only 35 turbines were newly…
A total of 1,351 turbines with 6,658 MW connected to the grid | 42 turbines with 252 MW new in the grid | 679 MW under constructionIncrease in electricity generation from offshore wind of around 30…
Campaign for the offshore value chain has been launched
Bremerhaven/Cologne, 27 June 2019 — The WAB presented the "German Inland Campaign" supported by the EU project Inn2POWER at the…
The next modules of the Offshore Wind Energy MBA will start soon. Beginning in September, Prof. Dr. Alexandros Psychogios (Birmingham City University) and Stefaan Vanhaecke & Annelies Stiers…
Bremerhaven, 21st of May 2019 — Starting today, Bremerhaven will once again be the meeting point of the national and international offshore industry. For the 15th time, the industry is coming…
Gdansk, 14 February 2019 — Yesterday, the sixth WINDFORCE Baltic Sea has been officially opened in Gdansk. Offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea has developed rapidly in recent years. The Polish…
Collective press information of the german offshore-associations
Total of 1,305 turbines with 6,382 MW connected to the grid | 136 turbines with almost 1 GW new in the grid | 966 MW under…
German government´s 65 percent target can only be achieved with more offshore wind energy - Current projects up to 2020 are progressing accord-ing to plan
Five new offshore wind farms with a…
• Utilize cost reduction trend – raise cap for offshore wind
• 2017: 1.25 GW newly installed, a total of more than 5.3 GW connected to the grid
• Prompt use of free converter capacities…