Platts Renewable Power Tracker monitors wind and solar output in the continent's five major markets – Germany, the UK, France, Spain and Italy – on a monthly basis.

Germany added 2.9GW of wind in the first six months, of which almost 1.8GW was offshore, as many more wind farms came came on line after grid connection delays.

Germany's BWE wind federation expects strong growth for onshore wind in the second half of this year, ahead of subsidy cuts from 2016.

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