Renewables cover 35 percent of demand for electricity in Germany

photonAugust 6, 2017137

Electricity generated from the sun, wind and other regenerative sources of energy accounted for 35 percent of Germany's consumption in the first half of 2017. According to the latest figures of the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), photovoltaic systems generated 21.9 billion kWh of electricity, an increase of 13.5 percent (first half of 2016: 19.3 billion kWh).

Accounting for 39.4 billion kWh, onshore wind power was again the top source of green electricity (first half of 2016: 34.7 billion kWh, growth: 13.6 percent). Offshore wind power saw the steepest growth, increasing by 47.5 percent to 8.8 billion kWh (first half of 2016: 5.9 billion kWh).

»Unfortunately, the necessary grid expansion is not keeping pace with the growth in regenerative plants because of all the time lost to political debates,« said Stefan Kapferer, Chairman of BDEW's General Executive Management Board. »Grid expansion and the expansion of renewables have to be far more closely linked and better meshed to reduce the enormous costs of stabilizing networks.«

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