Renewable Energy Made Up 62.7% of Germanys Electricity in 2024 [Video]

The recently opened 650-megawatt Witznitz solar energy park, built on a former mining site, in Saxony, Witznitz, Germany on July 3, 2024. In the background is the Lippendorf coal-fired power plant. Hendrik Schmidt / picture alliance via Getty Images

Renewables are now making up a majority of the net public electricity generation in Germany, according to a new report by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE).

As Fraunhofer ISE reported, renewable energy sources accounted for 62.7% of the net public electricity generated in Germany in 2024. Wind energy made up the most of this share, comprising 33% of net public electricity generation at 136.4 terawatt hours (TWh). While onshore wind energy declined slightly, offshore wind power increased to 25.7 TWh compared to 2023’s 23.5 TWh.

Meanwhile, solar power in Germany reached a …