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BERLIN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The expansion of onshore wind energy in Germany picked up speed in 2023, with around 50 percent more turbines installed than in the previous year, according to an industry analysis published on Tuesday.

Germany has made strides in expanding its onshore wind power capabilities this year but needs to pick up the pace to meet key targets for the decade, a sector study said Tuesday.However, this expansion is still far from meeting the requirements to reach the target of 115 GW installed by 2030, with the existing total now approaching just 60 GW. Almost doubling this figure would require an expansion of 10 GW every year from 2025 onwards.

Germany added 60% more onshore wind capacity in the first half of 2023 than a year earlier at a total of 1,565 megawatts , but needs far more to reach its 2030 target, wind industry lobbies said on...

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