Plus of Six Percent: Green Electricity Covers More than Half of Consumption

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Renewable energies are now becoming more focused again. Compared to the previous year, they can increase their importance in power generation. Weather plays a role in this.

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Renewable energies covered around 53 percent of Germany's electricity consumption in the first quarter of 2026 – an increase of almost six percentage points in the

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The importance of renewable energies is steadily increasing. The weather also helped in the first quarter.

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Renewables increased almost six percentage points over the same period of the previous year. This was mainly due to significantly lower wind conditions, while electricity generation from photovoltaic plants decreased by around five percent compared to the first quarter of 2025. Renewable energies covered around 53 percent of electricity consumption in Germany in the first quarter. This was an increase of almost six percentage points compared to …

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The importance of renewable energies is constantly increasing. In the first quarter of 2026, the weather also helped. Federal Minister of Economics Katherina Reiche (CDU) wants to adapt the expansion of renewable energies better to the expansion of electricity grids.