Wind Energy by Federal State
Installed fleet, minimum setback rules, WaLG (Wind Energy on Land Act) status, repowering market and permitting authority — per federal state. Click a state for the detail page with regionally active engineering firms and permitting practice.
Northern Germany — Wind Heavyweight
Lower Saxony
6,300 turbines · 13.0 GW · 1,800 repowering candidates · no blanket setback rule.
Schleswig-Holstein
3,200 turbines · 7.9 GW · 1,000 candidates · 400 m minimum setback · top sites.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
1,900 turbines · 3.9 GW · 400 candidates · community-wind obligation since 2016.
Hamburg
City-state · hardly any turbine sites of relevant size.
Bremen
City-state · very small, hardly any repowering potential.
Eastern Germany
Brandenburg
3,900 turbines · 8.3 GW · 1,100 candidates · 1,000 m blanket setback · WaLG target met.
Saxony-Anhalt
2,900 turbines · 6.2 GW · 700 candidates · WaLG 2.2 % (currently 1.5 %).
Saxony
1,200 turbines · 2.9 GW · 250 candidates · 1,000 m blanket setback · behind on WaLG.
Thuringia
800 turbines · 1.8 GW · low mountain ranges dominant · behind on WaLG.
Berlin
City-state · no notable turbine potential.
Central / West
North Rhine-Westphalia
3,700 turbines · 7.0 GW · 1,200 candidates · 1,000 m blanket setback · community-wind obligation 2025.
Hesse
1,200 turbines · 2.5 GW · 250 candidates · red kite focus.
Rhineland-Palatinate
1,800 turbines · 3.9 GW · 450 candidates · behind on WaLG.
Saarland
200 turbines · 0.4 GW · small, but WaLG obligation 1.8 %.
Southern Germany — Low-Wind Country
Bavaria
1,100 turbines · 2.5 GW · 10H rule · WaLG pressure rising.
Baden-Württemberg
800 turbines · 2.0 GW · no blanket setback · low wind dominant.
Wind energy Germany – overview of all 16 federal states with WaLG status
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