Renewable energies have covered more than half of Germany’s electricity consumption in 2025, a report found on Wednesday.

The projection – made by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) and the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) – found that renewable energies covered 55.8% of gross electricity consumption this year, up from 55.1% in 2024.

Weather-related declines in production from wind farms and hydropower were offset by new photovoltaic systems, the study found.

Experts expect electricity generation from renewable energies to increase further in 2026 under normal weather conditions due to new wind turbines and solar parks.

The BDEW said the energy transition is vital to Germany’s viability as an industrial power. “Renewables are at the heart of our future climate-neutral energy supply,” said Kerstin Andreae, chairwoman of the BDEW general management board.

Despite Germany’s economic woes, the expansion of renewable energies for electricity generation continued at a high level in 2025, emphasized ZSW Director Frithjof Staiss.

Further expansion of onshore wind, photovoltaics, offshore wind, battery storage and biomass power plants is important, he argued, while calling for the rapid development of hydrogen infrastructure.

Germany is aiming for 80% of its electricity to be generated from renewable energies by 2030.