Data from the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) showed that renewable energy reached a record level in the country's electricity production. In the January-June period, the amount of electricity supplied from renewable sources increased by 6.5% to 136.4 billion kilowatt-hours.

Thus, 59.1% of the electricity fed into the grid in the first half of the year was met by clean energy. This rate marked a new record in electricity generation from renewable energy sources.

In the same period, the total amount of electricity fed into the grid increased by 4.5% to 230.6 billion kilowatt-hours. Electricity generation from conventional sources, however, showed a limited increase of 1.7%.

Wind energy continued to be Germany's most important electricity source, accounting for 29.4% of total production alone.

Electricity from wind increased by 12.3% to 67.7 billion kilowatt-hours. Electricity generation from coal, despite a 0.5% decrease, ranked second with a 21.4% share.

This strong increase in renewable energy reduced the country's dependence on electricity imports. Electricity imports fell by 8.7%, while exports rose by 14.9%.

In Germany, renewable energy production has increased by more than 25% since 2018. The volume of electricity generated from fossil sources has almost halved.