{"id":3991,"date":"2026-10-26T06:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/365-meter-wind-turbine-the-worlds-tallest-german-made\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T06:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:25:11","slug":"365-meter-wind-turbine-the-worlds-tallest-german-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/365-meter-wind-turbine-the-worlds-tallest-german-made\/","title":{"rendered":"365-Meter Wind Turbine: The World&#8217;s Tallest, German-Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Impossible to miss along the highway linking Berlin to Dresden, the world\u2019s tallest wind turbine stands as a true feat of engineering.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A New Symbol<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To observe this giant of 365 meters up close, one must head to Schipkau. A region in eastern Germany once associated with mining and coal-powered plants. A symbol of the early and radical energy transition undertaken by the country, this new wind turbine represents the culmination of two years of relentless work.<\/p>\n<section class=\"incontent-related\"><span class=\"incontent-related__title\">Read also<\/span> <span class=\"incontent-related__desc\">French stations still rely on produced snow, but the milder autumn ahead will cut into their schedules<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Technically, it is the second-tallest structure in Germany, only surpassed by Berlin\u2019s Fernsehturm, a 368-meter television tower built during the Cold War. Perched atop a robust lattice frame, at that height it benefits from stronger and more regular winds, allowing it to generate up to twice as much energy as a turbine with a rotor of comparable size (126 meters).<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab <em>This world record belongs to all those who contributed to its construction, through their knowledge, dedication and perseverance<\/em> \u00bb, exclaimed the GICON company in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Due to enter service by the end of the year, the world\u2019s tallest wind turbine will initially generate 3.8 megawatts of power. Future versions of this technology are expected to exceed 7 megawatts, and will be able to supply electricity to up to 7,500 German households.<\/p>\n<section class=\"incontent-related\"><span class=\"incontent-related__title\">Read also<\/span> <span class=\"incontent-related__desc\">Climate policy benefits most countries, but its biggest winners have little weight in the global economy<\/span><\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cssc-content-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"GICON High-Altitude Wind Turbine Reaches 143 Meters\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/SKUiEAvYYoU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Tour de Force<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As explained by GICON, the greatest challenge lay in hoisting the heavy wind turbine and its giant rotor to roughly 300 meters above the ground. An operation that even the largest cranes in the world would not have been able to manage.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this, a reinforced lattice structure formed the base of the tower. Once the rest of the tower was erected, the mechanism was pulled from the center up to the desired height.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, as many as 4,000 high-altitude wind turbines could join Germany\u2019s existing wind farms.<\/p>\n<section class=\"incontent-related\"><span class=\"incontent-related__title\">Read also<\/span> <span class=\"incontent-related__desc\">Raising rainwater at home remains allowed, but its use for the washing machine now requires prefectural authorization<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Earlier this year, China announced the commissioning of a record offshore wind farm, hosting 33 turbines of 18 megawatts each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2586,2588,1329,2587,988,468],"class_list":["post-3991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-365meter","tag-germanmade","tag-tallest","tag-turbine","tag-wind","tag-worlds","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3993,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions\/3993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}