Germany’s wind industry has intensified its calls for higher offshore wind targets after less new capacity was added off the country’s North and Baltic Sea coasts last year.

"2019 must be the year of progress in energy policy. Offshore wind energy is of central importance for the achievement of climate protection targets and secures value creation in Germany as an industrial player," representatives of wind groups BWE, BWO, the Offshore Wind Foundation, VDMA Power Systems and WAB said in a joint statement.