德国施皮卡乌——开发商称其为全球最高的风力涡轮机，如今矗立在德国东部人口稀少的景观之上，高度达365米（1197英尺），超过了埃菲尔铁塔的高度。
PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO SCHIPKAU, Germany — A wind turbine described by its developer as the world’s tallest now rises 365 meters (1,197 feet) above the sparsely populated landscape of eastern Germany, surpassing the height of the Eiffel Tower.
这座巨型涡轮机建在柏林东南部的卢萨蒂亚地区一处现有风电场内。该地区曾是褐煤开采的重要中心，近年来日益转向可再生能源。该原型机本周已达到其完整高度，预计将于11月中旬正式启用。
The colossal turbine has been built at an existing wind farm in Lusatia, southeast of Berlin. Once a major center of lignite mining, the region has increasingly turned to renewable energy in recent years. The prototype reached its full height this week and is due to be inaugurated in mid-November.
总部位于德累斯顿的工程公司Gircon首席执行官约亨·格罗斯曼表示，该结构将利用更高海拔处更强、更稳定的风力。传统风力涡轮机的轮毂高度——即从地面到转子中心的距离——通常远低于200米（656英尺）。
Jochen Grossmann, chief executive of Gircon, the Dresden-based engineering company that built the tower, said the structure would harness the stronger, more reliable winds found at greater heights. Conventional wind turbines typically have a hub height — the distance from the ground to the center of the rotor — of well below 200 meters (656 feet).
格罗斯曼周四表示：“在300米的高度，我们拥有如此恒定且强劲的风，因此与目前同等高度的设施相比，我们可以产生两倍以上电能。”他补充说，与现有涡轮机相比，该设备在一年中更长的时间内发电也是可行的。
“At 300 meters, we have such constant and strong wind that we can produce more than twice as much electrical energy as with the same facility at today’s heights,” Grossmann said on Thursday. He added that it would also be possible to produce electricity for much more of the year than with existing turbines.
该涡轮机的轮毂高度为300米（984英尺），加上其转子叶片，总高度达到365米。这使其比巴黎330米（1083英尺）高的埃菲尔铁塔还要高，但略低于德国最高建筑——柏林电视塔，后者高368米（1207英尺）。
The turbine has a hub height of 300 meters (984 feet), and its rotor blades bring its total height to 365 meters. That makes it taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, at 330 meters (1,083 feet), and leaves it just short of Berlin’s television tower, Germany ‘s tallest building at 368 meters (1,207 feet).
该涡轮机的施工尚未完成，在计划于11月19日启用之前，内部布线仍需安装。该原型机旨在测量在如此高度建造涡轮机可能带来的潜在收益。
Work on the turbine is not yet complete, with internal wiring still to be installed ahead of its planned inauguration on Nov. 19. The prototype is intended to measure the potential gains from building turbines at such heights.
Gicon计划利用这些研究结果，开发一个包含三到五台超高层涡轮机的风电场，为可能的全面规模化生产铺平道路。
Gicon plans to use the findings to develop a wind farm containing three to five extra-tall turbines, paving the way for possible full-scale production.
格罗斯曼还认为，巨型风力涡轮机是解决风电场用地短缺问题的潜在方案。现有的风电场可以扩建为结合了较矮和较高涡轮机的“双层”风电场，而新建的风电场从设计之初就可以采用这种模式。
Grossmann also sees the giant turbines as a potential solution to the shortage of suitable land for wind farms. Existing sites could be expanded into “two-story” wind farms combining shorter and taller turbines, while new sites could be designed that way from the outset.
多年来，德国一直致力于扩大风能、太阳能及其他可再生能源的使用。尽管在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰导致能源价格飙升后引发了批评，但德国还是按照长期计划，于2023年关闭了最后一座核电站。德国还计划在2038年前停止使用煤炭发电。
Germany has been working for years to expand the use of wind, solar and other renewable energy sources. It switched off its last nuclear power plants in 2023 in a long-planned move, though that drew criticism after energy prices surged following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Germany also plans to stop generating electricity from coal by 2038.
根据德国联邦统计局的数据，2026年上半年，德国生产的能源中有59.1%来自可再生能源。其中，风能是最大的单一来源，占总量的29.4%。
According to the Federal Statistical Office, 59.1% of energy produced in Germany in the first half of 2026 came from renewable sources. Wind was the largest single source, providing 29.4% of the total.