German federal government to construct 40 offshore windmills

The construction site of first German offshore windmill 'alpha ventus' pictured in the North Sea some 45 kilometres off Borkum island, Germany, 15 July 2009. German federal governement targets the creation of some 30,000 new jobs with the construction of 40 offshore windmills in North and Baltic Sea, announced German Minister of Transport Wolfgang Tiefensee in a report of 'Hamburger Abendblatt' daily released on 14 September 2009. Photo: Ingo Wagner