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Renewable energy share increases despite rising energy consumption
Once the economic crisis had been overcome, there was a renewed sharp rise in energy consumption
in Germany in 2010. However, energy production from renewable sources showed
such a large increase that the trend of its growing share in all fields remained unbroken.
Lull in wind energy
Net additions to wind energy capacity installed in 2010 were down on the year before, at
1,488 MW (2009: 1,880 MW). Despite the increase in capacity, electricity generation also
showed a decrease as a result of unusually poor wind conditions and amounted to only
37.8 TWh. In a year of average winds the wind energy installations in place would have produced
about 5 TWh more electricity.
Ongoing upward trend in biomass utilisation
In the field of biomass, the trend towards power generation from biogas continued. A total of
26.9 TWh of electricity was generated in 2010 from solid, liquid and gaseous biomass (including
landfill and sewage gas and biogenic waste the figure came to 33.3 TWh); some 3.8 million
tonnes of biofuels were sold. Sales of pellet heating systems were down on the year before,
however.
Photovoltaic soaring high
With the construction of around 7,400 MW of new capacity, Germany was once again the
“photovoltaic world champion”. At around 11.7 TWh, its share of gross electricity consumption
rose to just under 2 %. However, the increase in the collector area for solar thermal energy
fell well short of the previous year’s figure, at 1.14 million m 2 .
Renewable Energy Sources in Figures
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