Windenergienutzung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Stand 31.12.1997

By December 31st, 1997, the assessment of wind energy use in Germany led to a number of 5193 installed turbines with a rated power of 2081.6 MW. 849 turbines (each having a rated power of 5 or more kW) with a total of 533.97 MW rated power were installed in 1997. Compared to 1996, there was an increase in the newly installed capacity of 24.9 p.c. while the number of newly erected turbines increased only by 5.3 p.c.