German harbors are counting on offshore wind farms. The Bremen Wind Energy Agency estimates that wind turbines will be installed at sea producing ten gigawatts of power by 2020 - the same amount of energy as 15 power plants.
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Because the giant structures are so hard to transport, they'll be manufactured right there on the coast. That's a shot in the arm for the economically underdeveloped region.