In the USA, US President Donald Trump stopped wind power projects in the USA with one of his first decrees. In Germany, the right-wing extremist AfD is currently campaigning against windmills. In Carinthia, in mid-January, a referendum initiated by the FPÖ received a narrow majority in favor of a “state ban” on wind power. At the same time, Austria reported a record high in wind power generation on the day of the referendum. How is the industry actually doing?