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Wind power in Germany
overview of wind power in Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Germany is the world's biggest user of wind power with an installed capacity of 20,621MW in 2006, ahead of Spain which had 11,615MW.[1] There are 18,000 wind turbines in Germany. The country plans to build more.[2]
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