News Digest Item
30 May 2017

“Continued cost declines expected for onshore wind”

Agora Energiewende

Onshore wind energy will become much cheaper in Germany over the coming years, with power costs dropping to 3 to 4.5 eurocents per kilowatt hour at top sites, according to a new study conducted by the think tank Agora Energiewende.*

Find a press release in English here and the study in English here.

For background, read the CLEW article Citizens’ energy projects dominate first onshore wind power auction and the CLEW factsheet High hopes and concerns over onshore wind power auctions.

*Like Clean Energy Wire, Agora Energiewende is a project funded by Stiftung Mercator and the European Climate Foundation.

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