Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz (BMUV)

The German government considers wind energy a key technology for a future carbon-free energy mix. Wind energy has a leading position with regard to generating electricity from renewable energies. However, there is still considerable potential to be tapped: the German government believes that increasing the use of offshore wind energy, further exploiting onshore wind energy, especially replacing older installations with modern, more effective ones, are particularly important elements.