Gigantic wind turbine in Schipkau: The largest complex in the world is created!

Gigantic wind turbine in Schipkau: The largest complex in the world is created!

in Schipkau, a small community in Brandenburg, will be a sound of the change from this week, because here the construction of the highest wind turbine in the world begins. With an impressive height of 300 meters, the system, which is operated by the GiCon company, will complement the largest of its kind and the existing wind farm landscape in Lausitz. According to RBB24, the spokesman for GiCon, Jan Claus, has gradually announced the wind turbine. The center of the system will be at lofty heights, and with the rotor leaves the wind turbine reaches a total size of fabulous 365 meters.

The commissioning of this "height wind system" is planned for 2026 - a year later than originally planned. With this project, Gicon pursues the goal of creating renewable energies at different levels: While photovoltaic systems are already installed on the ground, conventional wind turbines and the new height wind turbines are to ensure even more green electricity in the middle classes. The engineers plan to introduce the height wind turbines as the second floor to existing wind farms to use weaker wind performance below and stronger services, such as MDR

yield and economic perspectives

The new wind turbine should not only break technical records, but also be ecologically sensible. Around 6,000 households could be supplied with the clean electricity. The special thing about height wind turbines, as they are built here, is the twice as high yield compared to conventional wind turbines, which usually have a hub height of around 140 meters. In order to let the population participate in the positive effects of the project, Gicon plans to participate in the financial income. The “Citizens' Strom Model” has been paid around three million euros to the residents since 2015.

Despite a certain resistance - there were a few protests - the construction work was largely uncritical. An urgent application from the Aero-Club Schwarzheide flight sports club against the construction was rejected because the association was not authorized to apply. Flight operations on the nearby special landing site was also discontinued, which made it easier to approved the wind turbine project.

General trend in wind power

The developments in Schipkau are part of a more comprehensive trend in Germany, where 7.8 gigawatts were already approved in the first half of 2025 - a record for this period of time. North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bavaria in particular are at the top, such as Energy Zukunft. The approval periods were shortened on average to 18 months, which delighted the industry. Around 14.4 gigawatt surcharges are expected to be expected by the end of 2025, which shows that interest in wind power, also with regard to the achievement of the EEG goals, is still very popular.