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BDEW: Green energy covers 56 percent of electricity consumption
Renewable energies covered around 56 percent of gross electricity consumption in the first three quarters of the year, an increase of just under four percentage points compared to the same period last year. Preliminary calculations by the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) show this. The share of renewable energies was more than half of electricity consumption in each month of this year and was between 53 and 59 percent. Compared to the previous year, the contribution of solar energy has increased significantly. With around 65 billion kWh, 15 percent more PV electricity was generated in the first three quarters of 2024 than in the same period last year. In June, PV systems in Germany generated more than 10 billion kWh of electricity within a month for the first time with 10.1 billion kWh. In July, this record was surpassed with 10.6 billion kWh. In August, PV generation was again double digits for the third month in a row with 10.1 billion kWh. The reason for this is the high expansion of PV systems last year and this year.
“The fact that more than every second kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed in Germany is now constantly renewable shows that we are on the right track,” says Kerstin Andreae, Chair of the BDEW Executive Board.
In order to fully utilize green electricity, in addition to the development of storage, it is central that grid expansion keeps pace with that of renewables. The federal government still needs to remove existing obstacles, Andreae demanded. Moreover, hydrogen-capable gas power plants are needed as partners of renewable energies.
"Electricity generation from wind and sun is not constant. We need secured capacity for times when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing. It is therefore good that the federal government recently presented the draft for the Plant Security Act. The legislative process should now proceed quickly so that the tenders for the hydrogen-capable gas power plants can begin as soon as possible," Andreae continued.
"The progress in expanding renewable electricity generation is undoubtedly a remarkable success," confirms Prof. Dr. Frithjof Staiß, executive board member of the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg, and adds:
"For Germany to remain a successful industrial location even under the demands of climate neutrality, we need a permanently secure energy supply, based on renewable electricity and green hydrogen."
With the Hydrogen Acceleration Act, the German government intends to set important courses for a rapid market ramp-up of green hydrogen by accelerating the construction and expansion of facilities and infrastructures, especially for production via electrolyzers, storage, and import of hydrogen. For such projects, an overriding public interest must be taken into account in the approval process, apart from a few exceptions. It is therefore important that an effective law is actually passed at the end of the current parliamentary process, Staiß further demands.
Translated automatically from German.
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