“Germany is affording expensive wind power compared to other countries”

Germany boasts the best framework conditions (e.g. financing) and with 41.5 gigawatt has the biggest onshore wind power capacity in Europe, but the industry has not achieved considerable price cuts compared to other European countries, writes Christian Grimm in an analysis for Dow Jones Newswires. Wind turbine operators get around 72 euros per megawatt-hour in Germany, France, Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark. Electricity from onshore wind is more expensive in southern Europe. Germany’s onshore wind market is dominated by small actors, which has prevented large scaling effects, Grimm says.