Overview
- Net additions reached 1,288 megawatts after retirements, doubling the 626 megawatts added in 2024.
- By year-end, about 3,850 turbines with roughly 9,100 megawatts were operating in NRW, placing the state fourth nationally.
- Kreis Paderborn led 2025 installations with 34 turbines, followed by Düren with 28 and Hochsauerlandkreis with 22.
- Developers warn that slow connection and transmission upgrades are becoming the main constraint on further growth.
- LEE NRW forecasts that more than 1,500 megawatts could be added in 2026 and criticizes calls from federal figures to pace renewables to delayed grid expansion.