Wind generation costs rise by 45 per cent

Varel/Stuttgart (energate) - In the meantime, the electricity production costs for onshore wind power have risen to 6.8 cents/kWh. Plants connected to the grid in 2025 are thus up to 45 per cent more expensive than projects realised in 2021. A few years ago, project developers still had bidding leeway and were thus able to submit projects with higher costs, wrote Deutsche Windguard in an expert report commissioned by the Ministry of Economics. Tight supply chains and inflation a ...