July 18, 2019

In Germany, 47% of the electricity mix is renewable

According to the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, 47 percent of the electricity generated in Germany this year has come from renewable sources. Up to and including mid-July, wind and solar power plants in Germany produced almost 100 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity. By comparison, the figure for lignite and hard coal was 84 TWh. According to a report in the Handelsblatt newspaper, the share of coal-fired power plants in German electricity generation fell surprisingly sharply in the first half of the year. “Wind, solar and even gas plants displaced hard coal-fired power plants from the market on a large scale, but increasingly also lignite plants.”

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Katrin Baur

Katrin Baur

Ich bin seit Jahren in der Photovoltaikbranche tätig und brenne für erneuerbare Energien. Mit fundiertem Wissen plane und optimiere ich PV-Anlagen für Unternehmen und Privathaushalte. Lösungsorientiert und technisch versiert setze ich mich täglich dafür ein, nachhaltige Energielösungen zu fördern und die Energiewende aktiv voranzutreiben.

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