German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee says Berlin plans to build 30 offshore wind farms in the coming years to meet its renewable energy targets. The move comes as the debate over nuclear energy is heating up in Berlin.
Offshore windpark in Denmark: Germans are investing in the technology in grand fashion.
The energy debate is heating up in Germany with advocates of abandoning the planned nuclear phase-out pitted against those who argue that renewable energy is the way to go. Now the German government has said it plans to give a massive boost to wind power in the coming years.
Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said on Sunday that Berlin plans to build up to 30 offshore wind farms to meet the country's renewable energy targets. Speaking to the Welt am Sonntag newspaper he said the plan was to build some 2,000 windmills in the North Sea and Baltic Sea which would provide 11,000 megawatts of electricity....MORE
