Offshore expansion on a quarter of the German maritime zone. Based on the average output of current wind turbines, there should be more than 13,000 turbines off the German coast in 22 years.

There are currently 1,564 wind turbines with a total output of 8.4 gigawatts off the coast of the North and Baltic Seas. There have been 16 storm surges in the North Sea since mid-September. The highest water levels since 1872 were measured on the Baltic Sea from October 19th to 19th. In Flensburg the water rose to 227 meters above the average level.