Germany is likely to end up installing about 2.5GW of new onshore capacitythis year, the highest level of new installations since 2003 when 2.7GW wasadded, the institute says.

The figure is based on a projection of data from January to Octoberto the entire year. In 2012, 2.3GW was added.

On top of that, turbine installation at the 400MW BardOffshore 1 wind farm, and the 108MW Riffgat offshore plant were completedthis year, although Riffgat hasn’t been grid-connected yet.