News Digest Item
18 Aug 2017

Germany’s first wind park turns 30

dpa / WirtschaftsWoche

In 1987, Germany’s first wind park began operation in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, reports the news agency dpa in an article carried by WirtschaftsWoche. Thirty turbines with a total of 1,000 kilowatt capacity were installed. Today, four modern turbines stand in their place, writes dpa.

Read the article in German here.

For background, read the CLEW dossiers The history of the Energiewende and Onshore Wind Power in Germany.

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