Renewable energy accounted for 49% of German power consumption in the first half of 2022, up 6% percentage points from a year earlier thanks to favourable weather conditions, industry groups said on Tuesday.
Both higher sunshine intensity and wind speeds were behind the trend, utility industry association BDEW and the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research said in a statement.
Germany's power consumption overall declined by 0.8% to 281 billion kilowatt-hours in the first six months of 2022. Renewable generation, which along with wind includes solar, hydro, biomass, waste and geothermal energy, contributed 139 billion kWh to the total, up 13.5% from a year earlier. Conventional electricity production from nuclear fuel, coal and gas delivered 159 billion kWh in the six months, 6.7% less than in the same period of 2021.
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