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Renewable Energy In Germany (In Charts)

by Zach November 15, 2014
written by Zach November 15, 2014
Renewable Energy In Germany (In Charts)

Germany is arguably the leading renewable energy market in the world. It’s big in wind energy, biomass energy, and of course solar energy. Prof. Dr. Bruno Burger of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE releases charts one a month on the Germany renewable energy market. The following are the latest, released just a few days ago. My commentary is in the captions.

Germany renewable energy power capacity

Wind, solar, and biomass now have more power capacity online in Germany that natural gas and coal. Solar has more than any other energy source, followed by wind. That’s cool.

Germany renewable energy generation

Unfortunately, there’s still a long way to go before solar and wind surpass fossil fuels in generation. But solar, wind, and biomass together are now more than black coal and natural gas combined.

Germany renewable energy power generation change

Still, electricity from coal and gas has dropped a lot compared to 2013, while renewable energy generation has increased.

Germany renewable energy generation change 2014

Here’s a look at the same thing but in a different way, relative change in electricity production.

Germany solar wind energy complementary

Of course, as I’ve shown before, solar power and wind power are extremely complementary. It’s surprising how much combined electricity generation is similar from month to month.

Germany renewable energy power weekly

Here’s the same reality expressed on a weekly basis.

Germany exports imports electricity

Not only because of the growth in renewables, but partly because of it. German electricity exports have grown a lot in recent years.

 

Check out all the charts in the 200+ pages of the report here.

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is the director of CleanTechnica, the most popular cleantech-focused website in the world, and Planetsave, a world-leading green and science news site. He has been covering green news of various sorts since 2008, and he has been especially focused on solar energy, electric vehicles, and wind energy since 2009. Aside from his work on CleanTechnica and Planetsave, he's the founder and director of Solar Love, EV Obsession, and Bikocity. To connect with Zach on some of your favorite social networks, go to ZacharyShahan.com and click on the relevant buttons.

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