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Germany on the way to the energy transition: 60% electricity from renewables!
In 2024, Germany produced almost 60% of its electricity from renewable energies. Goal: 80% by 2030. Solar energy and wind power are growing rapidly.
Germany on the way to the energy transition: 60% electricity from renewables!
Germany will have produced almost 60% of its electricity from renewable energies in 2024. This share was 59%, which represents an increase compared to 2022, when the figure was 56%. The Federal Network Agency announced these figures on Friday, recording a positive trend in the German energy transition.
The strongest increase came from solar systems, which fed a total of 63.3 terawatt hours (TWh) into the grid, compared to almost 56 TWh in 2023. Wind turbines, both on land and at sea, also contributed significantly to electricity production, generating a total of around 137 TWh. In 2023, electricity production from wind power was slightly higher due to better wind conditions.
Declining coal production and imports of electricity
Electricity production from hard coal fell by 31%, while production from lignite fell by 8.8%. The information refers to the electricity generated, some of which is delivered abroad. In 2024, Germany was also an electricity importer. Imports and exports are influenced by different prices in the European price zones.
The estimates from the Federal Association of the Energy Industry (BDEW) indicate that around 55% of electricity consumption in Germany in 2024 will be covered by renewable energies. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE estimates the share of renewable energies in electricity generation to be 62.7%. Another goal for Germany is to cover around 80% of its electricity consumption from renewable energy by 2030, which is an ambitious but feasible undertaking given the available data.
How t-online.de reported, the energy transition also presents challenges. An analysis by the Bertelsmann Foundation in particular pointed to deficits compared to other industrialized countries. Problems such as a lack of coordination in modernizing the electricity grid and the slow phase-out of fossil fuels were identified. These aspects should be discussed further in the coming years in order to successfully advance the energy transition.
For further details refer to the time to the latest statistics from the Federal Network Agency, which show the continuous development of the share of renewable energies in Germany.