Winter wind brings another record for wind power harvest

High supplies of wind power are displacing expensive gas power from Austria’s power grid

St. Pölten (OTS) – The record for wind power production has already been broken three times this January. Yesterday, domestic wind power plants generated 78.63 GWh of wind power, covering 42.44% of Austria’s electricity needs. “This shows how important wind power is for the domestic electricity supply, because it generates the most electricity in the winter months, when the most energy is needed,” explains Stefan Moidl, managing director of IG Windkraft, adding: “The still unused There is enormous potential for the expansion of wind power in Austria. We should urgently uncover this treasure.”

Domestic wind power production is currently soaring. With electricity production of 78.63 GWh, the last record of 77.3 GWh from January 8th was once again exceeded yesterday. 42.44 percent of Austria’s electricity requirements could be covered purely with wind power. In a European comparison, Austria is once again one of the top players and on January 25th it reached fourth place in the ranking of wind power shares in total electricity demand. “Wind power is very important for the domestic electricity supply because it generates the most electricity in the winter months, when the most energy is needed,” explains Stefan Moidl.

Enormous potential of wind power is waiting to be exploited

“The Austrian wind turbines delivered at full capacity for almost the entire day yesterday, displacing dirty coal, gas and nuclear power from our power grid,” says Moidl happily, but emphasizes: “There is still a lot of room for improvement in the energy transition . Unfortunately, the expansion of wind power is currently stalling due to suboptimal conditions.” Wind power currently covers around 12% of electricity consumption over the year. However, the unused potential is enormous. “With the right framework conditions, wind power could be tripled by 2030 and thus provide a third of the domestic electricity supply,” says Moidl.

This is also urgently needed, as Austria still gets a quarter of its electricity consumption from coal, gas and nuclear power plants. “Renewable energies are ready, federal and state politicians just have to clear the way so that wind power expansion can get started again.”

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