Renewable Energy in Germany at a Glance 12 FOCUS Germany s energy supply is becoming greener from year to year and the contribution made by renewable sources is constantly growing In 2015 renewable energy covered roughly 30 of gross electricity generation cf diagram The 2014 figure had been approximately 26 The growing significance of renewable energy sources in the power sector is largely due to the Renewable Energy Sources Act EEG Since the adoption of the Renewable Energy Sources Act the proportion of power generation accounted for by renewable energy has risen from roughly 6 in 2000 to 31 6 in 2015 according to preliminary data By 2025 40 45 of electricity consumed in Germany is to derive from renewables the figure for 2035 is to be 55 60 energy sources that drive forward the energy transition Wind and solar energy are the most important renewables in Germany s energy transition Additionally biomass and hydropower as well as geothermal energy make valuable contributions to the sustainable energy supply Wind energy plays a key role in the expansion of renewable energy sources towards an economically sustainable and environmentally friendly energy supply at reasonable prices and with a high level of prosperity The use of wind energy now accounts for almost 15 percent of the German power supply Alongside the increased expansion of suitable rural locations and the replacement of older smaller turbines with modern and more powerful turbines known as repowering the expansion of offshore wind energy is playing a growing role At the end of 2015 Germany s offshore wind power capacity in the grid reached around 3 280 megawatts MW The Federal Government is aiming to bring this figure up to 15 000 MW by 2030 Solar power can be used directly in many ways In photovoltaic installations solar cells transform the radiation energy directly into electricity solar thermal power stations generate solar power and solar collectors transform solar radiation into useful heat More than gross electricity generation in germany in 2015 The expansion of renewable energy is one of the central pillars in Germany s energy transition We want to make our electricity supply more climate friendly and in light of an increasing scarcity of resources become less dependent on fossil fuels Natural gas 9 4 Hydropower 2 9 Biomass 6 0 Hard coal 18 3 Lignite 24 0 Photovoltaics 6 0 118 187 19 79 39 45 27 61 6 6155 92 Nuclear Energy 14 2 Oil 0 9 Other 4 2 Renewables 29 0 Wind power 12 3 Household waste 0 9 Preliminary figures some estimated Regenerative part source Working Group on Energy Balances status August 2016

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