German onshore wind additions amounted to 1,078 MW last year, their lowest level since 2000, German wind association BWE said Tuesday. Taking into account the 155 MW of repowered projects and 97 MW of retirements, net additions of 981 MW brought total installed capacity to 53.912 GW by end-2019. For 2020, the lobby forecasts 1.4-1.8 GW of capacity additions. “A trend reversal this year or next will only succeed if the federal government swiftly removes obstacles to the approval process and avoids new obstacles,” BWE said. 2019 additions were 80% below the record 5.3 GW added in 2017 ahead of the switch from feed-in-tariffs to auctions, coinciding with […]