Wind power returned to first place among energy sources in Germany in the first quarter

Just under a third of the electricity generated in Germany in the first quarter came from wind power. This is according to data published today by the Federal Statistical Office. Wind power has thus returned to first place among energy sources in Europe’s largest economy for the first time since the second quarter of 2020.

Wind turbines generated 32.2 percent of Germany’s electricity in the first three months of the year. Coal contributed 30 percent.

Conventional energy sources, including coal, gas and nuclear power, generated more than half of the electricity supply, or 51.4 percent. In the same period last year, the figure was 52.9 percent.

Germany aims to generate at least 80 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. In April, the country shut down its last nuclear power plants and plans to phase out coal mining in the coming years.