When it comes to expanding wind power, Bavaria performs poorly compared to the rest of the country. Between January and September 2023, less than one percent of the new onshore power output in Germany came from the Free State. Even with the newly approved systems it is not even a hundredth of the output. This emerges from preliminary figures from the onshore wind energy agency, which are available to the German Press Agency.
Specifically, from January to September, six wind turbines with a total output of 21.3 megawatts were put into operation in Bavaria, and one system with 1.5 megawatts was shut down. Nationwide there were 518 new systems with 2.4 gigawatts. Net expansion was only lower in the three city states and in Saxony. It was particularly large in the northern half of Germany, but Baden-Württemberg is also well ahead of Bavaria with a net increase of 48.8 megawatts.
The picture is similar for the newly approved systems: in Bavaria there were seven with 33.5 megawatts of power in the first nine months, and 976 nationwide with 5.2 gigawatts. There were fewer permits only in the three city states and Saarland. In Baden-Württemberg there were 33 systems with 160 megawatts. However, the Bavarian state forests reported on Wednesday the approval of six more wind turbines at the beginning of October – i.e. in the fourth quarter.
When it comes to the number of wind turbines, Bavaria is slightly better with 1,153 systems and 2.6 gigawatts (as of Monday). That is 4.4 percent of the installed capacity nationwide. That’s eighth place among the federal states – and ahead of Baden-Württemberg.