German government targets 50 GW of offshore wind by 2035

The government of Germany intends to surpass its 2035 offshore wind energy target of 40 GW and reach 50 GW of installed capacity. To achieve the goal, Berlin will tender 4 GW of offshore wind energy capacity yearly beginning in 2027.

The agreement was signed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), the coastal states of Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Lower Saxony, and Schleswig-Holstein, as well as Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and transmission system operators TenneT, 50Hertz, and Amprion.

Germany plans to attain 30 GW of offshore wind by the end of this decade and 70 GW by 2045.