Renewable energy’s share on German power grids reaches 55% in 2023
FRANKFURT, Jan 3 (Reuters) – The share of renewables on Germany’s power grids rose by 6.6 percentage points to 55% of the total last year, the sector’s regulator said on Wednesday, as Europe’s largest economy moves closer to its 2030 target.
Germany wants green power to account for 80% of its energy mix by 2030. It has ditched nuclear power and aims to abandon most of its coal generation and use its remaining gas plants mostly for grid back-up.
Within renewables, offshore wind contributed a 31.1% share, solar 12.1% and biomass 8.4%, while the remaining 3.4% came from hydropower and other renewables, regulator Bundesnetzagentur said in a statement.
The 2023 rise was helped by capacity expansion as well as weather, it said.
“We have broken the 50% mark for renewables for the first time,” Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in a statement. “Our measures to simplify planning and approvals are starting to take effect.”
Germany’s 2023 renewable power installations hit record, but wind sector lags
BERLIN, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Germany’s solar and wind power installations hit a record in 2023 but only photovoltaic energy reached the government’s targets, industry associations said, expecting continued growth this year with further reduced bureaucracy.
Germany aims to cover 80% of its electricity needs from renewables by 2030, up from 52% in 2023.
More than a million new solar power systems generating 14 GW of energy were installed in Germany last year, up 85% year-on-year, thanks to a boom in residential solar demand, putting it on track to reach Berlin’s 2030 goal, the BSW solar power association said on Tuesday.
Germany’s new PV additions hit 1.25 GW in January
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