Wind Could Supply 25% of Germany's Power Needs as Nuclear Plants Retired

Germany can generate 25 percent of its electricity from wind by 2020 if the government sticks to its plan of phasing out nuclear power, the nation’s wind industry lobby group said.

Wind turbines onshore may reach 45,000 megawatts of installed power capacity, while offshore equipment will provide another 10,000 megawatts a decade from now, BWE said today in an e-mailed statement.

Germany’s coalition government is debating an extension to the planned phase-out of the country’s 17 nuclear power plants. Under an existing law, most of the plants will be shut down a decade from now.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jeremy van Loon in Berlin at jvanloon@bloomberg.net

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