According to the latest data released by the German Federal Statistical Office, in the first quarter of 2024, Germany produced and fed 121.5 billion kWh of electricity into the power grid, of which 58.4% came from renewable energy. This is the highest proportion of renewable energy generation in the first quarter since 2018.
Specifically, compared with the first quarter of 2023, traditional energy generation decreased by 25.4% year-on-year, while renewable energy generation increased by 11.6% year-on-year. Among them, wind power generation increased by 5 billion kWh to 46.8 billion kWh, accounting for 38.5% of domestic power generation; photovoltaic power generation increased by 1.4 billion kWh to 8.1 billion kWh, accounting for 6.6% of total power generation.
In this regard, Thomas Grigolet, head of the Renewable Energy Department of the German Federal Foreign Trade and Investment Agency, believes that the proportion of climate-friendly energy in Germany reached nearly 60% in the first quarter of 2024, indicating that the continued expansion of wind and solar energy has continued to achieve results and Germany is moving towards climate neutrality.