Germany's onshore wind boom faces logistical hurdles as turbine orders surge
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- ✓Germany’s onshore wind turbine makers face logistical hurdles as transport rules and road issues delay installations.
- ✓Despite record project approvals, moving massive blades remains difficult.
- ✓Enercon executive Benjamin Seifert told Reuters, "You need to have the number of trucks, you need to get the transport permits early.
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Nov 6 (Reuters) - Germany's onshore wind turbine makers have the orders and factory capacity for a construction boom, but the country's roads and transport rules risk holding up the machines needed to power it, company executives told Reuters.
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After years of slow approvals, Germany authorised a record 20.8 gigawatts of onshore wind projects in 2025, almost four times the country's installed capacity.
Berlin, which wants renewables to supply 80% of Germany's electricity consumption by 2030, has proposed auctioning 15 GW of onshore wind capacity in both 2027 and 2028, up from around 10 GW this year.
Privately owned turbine manufacturer Enercon expects Germany's turbine installations to reach 10-11 GW in 2028, roughly double last year's level.
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