Press release 12/2020 from 16.03.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020
Renewables cover 17.1 percent of gross final energy consumption in Germany in 2019
… in the case of electricity, the share of renewables rose to a record 42.1 percent (2018: 37.8%). Heating sector share grew slightly, while the transport sector … electricity generated from renewable sources rose to a record 42.1 percent in 2019 (2018: 37.8%). At the same time, the expansion of renewable generation capacities is … installed onshore capacity dropped from 4.9 GW in record year 2017, and 2.3 GW in 2018, to just 0.9 GW in 2019. Since 2000, 2008 was the only other year in which …