More than half of electricity consumption from renewable energies
The energy transition in Germany is making progress: renewable energy is making up an ever greater part of Germany's energy use
Berlin/Stuttgart (dpa) – Renewable energy provided 56% of Germany's energy needs in the first quarter of 2024. This was revealed by projections carried out by the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) and which the German Press Agency published. Overall renewable energy provided 75.9 billion kilowatt hours of electricity from January to March, 9% more than the same period last year.
“The ongoing rise in the share of renewable energy in our electricity consumption shows that we are on the right path," said BDEW Chief Executive Kerstin Andreae. She stressed that growth in renewables had clearly sped up in recent times. "That's now coming through in electricity generation," she said. However, Andreae also noted that "we need to step up a gear" if Germany is to achieve its climate goals.