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Offshore Wind Farm - Giving Bremerhaven a Tail Wind

Sebastian KatzerApril 20, 2011

German harbors are counting on offshore wind farms. The Bremen Wind Energy Agency estimates that wind turbines will be installed at sea producing ten gigawatts of power by 2020 - the same amount of energy as 15 power plants.

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Because the giant structures are so hard to transport, they'll be manufactured right there on the coast. That's a shot in the arm for the economically underdeveloped region.

Report by Marion Hütter.