| Energy sources | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billion kWh | % | Billion kWh | % | Billion kWh | % | Billion kWh | % | Billion kWh | % | Billion kWh | % | Billion kWh | % | |
| 1: Gross electricity production according to the Eurostat energy balance and the energy balance for Germany, provided that pumped storage production is eliminated from conversion output in Germany’s energy balance or pumped storage plants are regarded as storage facilities. 2: Provisional data. 3: Production in run-of-river power plants and storage power plants as well as production from natural inflow in pumped storage power plants. 4: Only production from biogenic share of household waste (about 50 %). Source: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen (AGEB). Effective: December 2025. | ||||||||||||||
| Gross electricity production, total | 610.3 | 100 | 576.8 | 100 | 592.8 | 100 | 578.9 | 100 | 511.3 | 100 | 501.1 | 100 | 509.3 | 100 |
| Lignite | 114.0 | 18.7 | 91.7 | 15.9 | 110.1 | 18.6 | 116.2 | 20.1 | 86.3 | 16.9 | 78.8 | 15.7 | 75.2 | 14.8 |
| Hard coal | 57.5 | 9.4 | 42.8 | 7.4 | 54.6 | 9.2 | 63.7 | 11.0 | 38.5 | 7.5 | 26.9 | 5.4 | 29.7 | 5.8 |
| Nuclear energy | 75.1 | 12.3 | 64.4 | 11.2 | 69.1 | 11.7 | 34.7 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Natural gas | 89.9 | 14.7 | 94.7 | 16.4 | 90.3 | 15.2 | 79.1 | 13.7 | 76.6 | 15.0 | 81.6 | 16.3 | 84.9 | 16.7 |
| Mineral oil products | 4.8 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 0.8 |
| Renewable energy sources | 243.6 | 39.9 | 253.5 | 43.9 | 239.7 | 40.4 | 255.5 | 44.1 | 275.1 | 53.8 | 286.0 | 57.1 | 292.0 | 57.3 |
| Wind power | 125.9 | 20.6 | 132.1 | 22.9 | 116.5 | 19.7 | 124.2 | 21.5 | 141.8 | 27.7 | 138.9 | 27.7 | 136.4 | 26.8 |
| Water power3 | 20.1 | 3.3 | 18.7 | 3.2 | 19.7 | 3.3 | 17.6 | 3.0 | 19.9 | 3.9 | 22.5 | 4.5 | 17.8 | 3.5 |
| Biomass energy | 46.3 | 7.6 | 47.2 | 8.2 | 47.1 | 7.9 | 46.6 | 8.0 | 43.7 | 8.5 | 43.5 | 8.7 | 42.7 | 8.4 |
| Photovoltaic energy | 45.2 | 7.4 | 49.5 | 8.6 | 50.5 | 8.5 | 61.2 | 10.6 | 63.9 | 12.5 | 75.4 | 15.0 | 89.5 | 17.6 |
| Household waste4 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 1.1 |
| Geothermal | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Other energy sources | 25.5 | 4.2 | 24.9 | 4.3 | 24.5 | 4.1 | 23.8 | 4.1 | 22.6 | 4.4 | 23.4 | 4.7 | 23.5 | 4.6 |
As at 21 January 2026