Wind power

The most modern wind turbines don’t just turn in Saxony-Anhalt – they’re built here too. In Magdeburg, the German market leader Enercon builds the largest wind power stations in the world.
A prototype for these 200 metre-high “soft giants” is currently in operation in Egeln, near Magdeburg, and alone generates 7.5 Megawatt (MW).

• Most important renewable energy source: 71 % of energy generated from renewable sources comes from wind power (2007)
• Wind energy in the national grid: Wind energy plants in Saxony-Anhalt feed around 4,400 million kWh into the network each year (2007)
• Enercon in Magdeburg:
  • Largest production location with over 3,000 staff
  • Production of all components including concrete component towers, rotor blades, kingpins and mainframes
• Professorship for renewable energies/wind energy at the University of Magdeburg