Bavaria is leading the way when it comes to ClimateTech and Greentech: the expansion of green energy in Germany is gaining momentum. The impetus is coming primarily from Bavaria, with one energy source clearly dominating there.
North Rhine-Westphalia (2,586 megawatts), Baden-Württemberg (1,946 MW) and Lower Saxony (1,911 MW) followed at a clear distance.
Renewable energies in Bavaria: almost 99 percent from new solar systems
Almost 99 percent of the expansion in Bavaria came from new solar systems. However, wind power hardly played a role in the state with a net increase of 23.4 megawatts.
To put it into perspective: Last year, Schleswig-Holstein was the leader in the expansion of wind energy with 1,109 megawatts net, followed by Lower Saxony (483.1 MW) and North Rhine-Westphalia (412.9 MW). Bavaria only came twelfth in a nationwide comparison of wind power expansion.
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If you look at the inventory of solar, wind and biomass systems, Bavaria is once again ahead. The state has 26,853 megawatts of renewable capacity. 83 percent of this comes from the almost 940,000 solar systems in the country. Wind power contributes almost 10 percent, biomass around 7 percent.
Greentech Bavaria: Renewables make Germany more independent of climate-damaging fossil energies
Second place in the inventory is occupied by Lower Saxony, where, according to the Federal Network Agency, there are more than 6,300 wind turbines and therefore the most in Germany. The output from sun, wind and biomass adds up to around 21,729 megawatts. More than half (58 percent) of this comes from onshore wind turbines.
Renewable energies are intended to make Germany more independent of climate-damaging fossil energies such as coal and gas.
The federal government’s goal is: by 2030, 80 percent of electricity should come from renewables. Last year, according to the President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, it was more than half for the first time.