Renewables power nearly 60% of Germany’s Q1 electricity output while electricity generation from conventional sources dropped by 25.4%, making up 41.6% of the total electricity production. The sharp decline is primarily a result of the significant decrease in power generation from coal.

Electricity generation from renewable sources in Germany rose by 11.6% year-on-year in the first three months of 2024, reaching a share of 58.4% of total power generation in the country, the Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, said on Thursday citing preliminary data.

Wind power was the leading energy source for domestic electricity generation, accounting for 38.5% of the total. It saw the largest absolute increase in output, rising by 5 billion kWh. In total, 46.8 billion kWh of electricity were generated from wind energy in the first three months.