About 60% of Germany's electricity in the first quarter came from renewable energy sources
Keywords: renewable energy, photovoltaic power generation, wind power generation
On June 6th local time, the latest data released by the German Federal Statistical Office showed that in the first quarter of 2024, Germany produced and inputted 121.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity into the grid, of which 58.4% came from renewable energy sources. This is the quarter with the highest proportion of renewable energy generation in the first quarter since 2018.
Specifically, compared to the first quarter of 2023, traditional energy generation decreased by 25.4% year-on-year, while renewable energy generation increased by 11.6% year-on-year. Among them, wind power generation increased by 5 billion kilowatt hours, reaching 46.8 billion kilowatt hours, accounting for 38.5% of domestic power generation; Photovoltaic power generation increased by 1.4 billion kilowatt hours, reaching 8.1 billion kilowatt hours, accounting for 6.6% of the total power generation.
Regarding this, Thomas Grigolette, head of the Renewable Energy Department at the German Federal Office for Foreign Trade and Investment, believes that the proportion of climate friendly energy in Germany will reach nearly 60% in the first quarter of 2024, indicating that the continuous expansion of wind and solar energy is paying off and Germany is moving towards a climate neutral direction.
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