Renewable energy in Germany
Statistics
Increases in installed renewable electric power capacity and generation in recent years is shown in the charts and table below:

Renewable energy in Germany

Section Title: Statistics
Table Section Text: Increases in installed renewable electric power capacity and generation in recent years is shown in the charts and table below:

Year	Installed capacity [MW]	Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990	Share of gross electricity consumption [%]

Hydro	Wind	Biomass	Biogenic waste incineration	Photovoltaics	Geothermal	Total generation

onshore	offshore

1990	4,718	17,426	72	–	222	1,213	1	–	18,934	3.4

1991	4,826	14,891	102	–	260	1,211	1	–	16,465	3.1

1992	4,918	17,397	281	–	296	1,262	4	–	19,240	3.6

1993	5,190	17,878	612	–	432	1,203	3	–	20,128	3.8

1994	5,548	19,930	927	–	569	1,306	7	–	22,739	4.3

1995	6,223	21,780	1,530	–	662	1,348	7	–	25,327	4.7

1996	6,694	21,957	2,073	–	755	1,343	12	–	26,140	4.7

1997	7,255	17,357	3,025	–	876	1,397	18	–	22,673	4.1

1998	8,301	17,216	4,579	–	1,638	1,618	35	–	25,086	4.5

1999	10,155	19,647	5,639	–	1,845	1,740	30	–	28,091	5.2

2000	12,330	21,732	9,703	–	2,887	1,844	60	–	36,226	6.3

2001	15,157	22,733	10,719	–	3,355	1,859	76	–	38,742	6.6

2002	18,824	23,124	16,102	–	4,099	1,949	162	–	45,436	7.7

2003	22,099	17,722	19,087	–	6,603	2,238	313	–	45,963	7.6

2004	25,340	20,095	26,019	–	8,218	2,253	557	0.2	57,142	9.3

2005	29,040	19,638	27,774	–	11,102	3,252	1,282	0.2	63,048	10.2

2006	32,849	20,008	31,324	–	14,793	3,907	2,220	0.4	72,252	11.6

2007	36,046	21,170	40,507	–	19,832	4,531	3,075	0.4	89,115	14.3

2008	39,113	20,443	41,385	–	23,121	4,671	4,420	18	94,058	15.1

2009	47,958	19,031	39,382	38	26,334	4,323	6,583	19	95,710	16.4

2010	57,313	20,953	38,371	176	29,179	4,746	11,729	28	105,182	17.0

2011	68,171	17,671	49,280	577	32,136	4,755	19,599	19	124,037	20.3

2012	78,864	22,091	50,948	732	38,266	4,951	26,380	25	143,393	23.5

2013	84,703	22,998	51,815	918	40,113	5,415	31,010	80	152,353	25.1

2014	91,275	19,587	57,026	1,471	42,232	6,069	36,056	98	162,539	27.4

2015	98,818	18,977	72,340	8,284	44,573	5,768	38,726	133	188,801	31.5

2016	105,568	20,546	67,650	12,274	44,996	5,930	38,098	175	189,669	31.6

2017	113,911	19,800	88,667	17,947	45,486	5,907	39,895	155	217,587	36.2

2018	118,323	16,500	92,249	19,341	45,110	6,155	46,164	172	225,691	37.8

Source: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (German: Bundesministerium für Energie und Wirtschaft) Version: last published PDF data sheet as per February 2018 Note: column "Biomass" contains all generated electricity from biomass, biofuels and biogas, excluding generation from biogenic waste incineration

Sentence(s)

The share of renewable electricity rose from just 3.4% of gross electricity consumption in 1990 to 36.2% of consumption by 2017.

final_sentence: The share of renewable electricity rose from just 3.4% of gross electricity consumption in 1990 to 36.2% of consumption by 2017.