This briefing paper reports on research to investigate renewable energy production in
Brandenburg. Brandenburg is with 7,100 MW installed capacity in wind production
and 3,700 MWp solar1 the state with the second most onshore wind installed and was
ranked fourth in feeding solar electricity into the grid. Brandenburg is of special
interest due to the high density of wind engines in “energy suitability areas” and its
high number of (converted) lignite mining areas.
The report is authored by a team of researchers based at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Technology Sydney, cooperating with researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia, and is based on information gathered during field research and visits to villages and cities in Southern Brandenburg between 2018 and 2020.