In Germany, the electricity mix is ​​47% renewable - In Germany, 47% of the electricity mix is ​​renewable

In Germany the electricity mix is ​​47% renewable – @shutterstock | Christos Georghiou

the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, 47 percent of the electricity generated in Germany this year comes 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, lignite and hard coal produced 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-fired power plants have largely displaced hard coal power plants from the market, but increasingly also lignite-fired power plants."

According to the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems , 47 percent of the electricity generated in Germany this year comes from renewable sources. Up to and including mid-July, wind and solar plants in Germany produced almost 100 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity. By comparison, lignite and hard coal produced 84 TWh. According to a report in the Handelsblatt , 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 power plants have driven hard coal-fired power plants out of the market on a large scale, but increasingly also lignite plants.