News Digest Item
03 Jul 2017

“Germany produced record 35 percent of power from renewables in first half”

BEE / Reuters

Germany produced 35 percent of its power from renewable energy in the first half of 2017, up from 33 percent the previous year, according to the BEE renewable energy association. But in the heating sector, the gains were only minimal, the BEE said. “The Energiewende is advancing much too slowly in Germany,” Harald Uphoff, acting head of the BEE said in a press release.

Read the press release of the BEE in German here.

Read an article about the developments in English on Reuters here.

Get details on Germany's electricity production and energy use in the CLEW factsheet.

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