Renewables peak at 95% of German electricity demand

Share

According to the calculations by Agora Energiewende, due to the weather conditions on May 8, renewable energy generation in Germany reached a new high. At 11 AM local time, renewables covered a record 95 % of the country’s electricity consumption.

On Sunday, May 8, the sun was shining bright on most of the German territory, and the wind was strong as well. Due to the weather conditions, total capacity of PV installations in use in the country reached 26.11 GW. At the same time, the capacity of wind power plants reached 20.83 GW, Agora Energiewende says.

At 11 AM on Sunday, biomass power plants added another 5.14 GW, just as hydropower generation reached the total of about 2.75 GW.

At this very moment, energy consumption in Germany totaled almost 57.8 GW. Meaning that about 95% of the country’s energy demand could be covered by renewable energy sources.

The calculations by Agora demonstrate that conventional power sources were also actively feeding into the national grid. At 11 AM they generated a total of about 11.39 GW. In general, during the whole day on Sunday, power production was surpassing consumption, resulting in negative electricity prices.

On Sunday, between 10 AM and 5 PM, energy prices remained negative, with the lowest of -130 €/MWh reached at 2 PM. Which means that the operators of power plants commissioned under the German renewable act EEG-2014 will not receive any compensation for the electricity generated over this period.

Translated by Adilya Zaripova. For more details, read the article by pv magazine Deutschland (in German).

This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.

Popular content

Share

Related content

Elsewhere on pv magazine...

Leave a Reply

Please be mindful of our community standards.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.

Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.

You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.

Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.