Renewable energy covers 33% of consumption in Germany

ArabiaWeather.com - A report by the “Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Center” and the “Federal Union for Energy and Water Economy” in Germany confirmed that renewable energy production covered about 33% of the general energy consumption in Germany until the end of last year 2015.

The report stated that it would be possible to produce approximately 193 billion kilowatt-hours from solar energy , wind energy , and other alternative energies. This means an increase of 20% over the 2014 production, when production reached 161 billion kilowatt-hours, which is equivalent to 27% of the total energy consumed in Germany.

The report indicated that the bulk of the electrical energy was produced from solar energy and wind energy , as the share of energy production from wind until October 31, 2015 amounted to about 63 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 47% compared to the same time period in 2015. 2014, and the amount of electricity produced in the first ten months of 2015 from solar energy amounted to about 35 billion kilowatt-hours; That is, the equivalent of all the solar energy produced in 2014 as a whole.

And the Secretary-General of the Research Center Council, Vertjof Steis, stated that the production of renewable energy has reached covering a third of the country's need for electricity, which means that the transition to alternative energy is now on a very promising path, adding that the increasing share of renewable energies will make Germany more independent from traditional energy sources. , and helps the country achieve environmental and climate protection goals.