Renewables supplied 59.1% of Germany’s electricity in the first half
Destatis said renewables supplied 136.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity fed into the grid in the first half of 2026.
Event / data period: 2026-06
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Germany generated and fed 230.6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity into the grid in the first half of 2026. That was 4.5% more than in the same period of 2025, according to provisional results published by Destatis on 8 September.
Renewables supplied 136.4 billion kilowatt-hours, or 59.1% of domestic generation. Gas-fired generation increased 6.4% to 38.0 billion kilowatt-hours; the figures cover electricity generation, not consumption.
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