Analysis of the Development in the DIBT Wind Zones Until End

Wind Energy Development in Germany (Onshore) –
Analysis of the Development in the DIBT Wind Zones Until End of 2014
C. Ender, B. Neddermann
UL International GmbH, Ebertstraße 96, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany, [email protected]
In previous evaluations of annual statistics [1], sites were distinguished according to coastal/inland areas on the basis of federal states. For some federal states, however, this
type of analysis is inaccurate because they have coastal as well as different inland sites. For this reason we have carried out a new, more differentiated evaluation of the
installation data based on the classification according to wind zones as established in the DIBt guideline for wind turbines [2]. The figure below shows the regional distribution
of wind zones ranging from areas with low wind conditions (wind zone 1) to wind‐rich coastal sites (wind zone 4).
Zone 4
18%
Zone 1
18%
Zone 3
9%
Zone 2
55%
Share of wind turbines installed in the different wind
zones, based on the number of installed wind turbines
since 1982
Wind Zone 4
Wind Zone 3
Wind Zone 2
Wind Zone 1
New Installations in the Wind Zones
1800
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
1600
Number of Turbines
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Number of annual wind turbine installations in the different zones
700
500
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 2
Zone 4
Zone 3
Zone 4
450
600
500
Number of Turbines
Number of Turbines
400
400
300
200
350
300
250
200
150
100
100
50
0
0
Locations of wind turbine installations in Germany
Number of annual wind installations in the different zones in Lower Saxony (left) and Schleswig‐Holstein (right)
Technical Issues
120,0
Germany
Zone 1
Zone 1
Ø Installed Capacity, kW/Turbine
60,0
40,0
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Germany
2.500
2.000
1.500
1.000
500
Average rotor diameter of annual new installations in the different
zones and total Germany.
[1] DEWI Statistics, published in DEWI Magazin #46, http://www.dewi.de/dewi_res/index.php?id=22
[2] Richtlinie für Windenergieanlagen, Fassung Oktober 2012; Hrsg.: Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik, Berlin
Average installed capacity of annual new installations in the
different zones and total Germany.
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
0
2001
0,0
2000
250
1999
20,0
1992
300
Average specific power installation (W/m²) of annual new
installations in the different zones and total Germany.
Germany
80,0
1998
350
Zone 4
3.000
1997
400
Zone 3
100,0
1996
450
Zone 2
1993
500
1995
Zone 4
1994
Zone 3
1993
Zone 2
Ø Rotor Diameter, m
Ø Specific Power Installation, W/m²
Zone 1
3.500
1992
550