Cost of German onshore wind drops 12% in four years – study

The average cost for producing electricity from onshore when calculated over a 20-year-period in 2016/17 depending on the location in Germany will cost between €0.053 ($0.058) and €0.096.

That is 12% less than in 2012/13, the study “the cost situation of wind energy on land” done by Deutsche WindGuard finds.

“The wind industry with that can achieve the cost reduction targets laid down in the reform of the Renewable Energies Act (EEG) from 2014,” BWE president Hermann Albers says.

“At