Renewable energy in Germany
Statistics

Year
Installed capacity [MW]
Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990
Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990
Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990
Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990
Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990
Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990
Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990
Electric gross generation in gigawatt-hours [GWh] by renewable sources since 1990
Share of gross electricity consumption [%]
Year
Installed capacity [MW]
Hydro
Wind
Wind
Biomass
Biogenic waste incineration
Photovoltaics
Geothermal
Total generation
Share of gross electricity consumption [%]
Year
Installed capacity [MW]
Hydro
onshore
offshore
Biomass
Biogenic waste incineration
Photovoltaics
Geothermal
Total generation
Share of gross electricity consumption [%]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Question: In terms of gross electricity consumption, what was the percentage rise of renewable electricity usage between 1990 and 2017?
Answer: The share of renewable electricity rose from just 3.4% of gross electricity consumption in 1990 to 36.2% of consumption by 2017.