German Renewable Electricity Consumption Hits Record High 25.4 Percent in 2013 (Triple Pundit)
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European economic and fiscal woes, push-back from utilities and the influx of cheap imports from China have created stiff headwinds for Germany’s homegrown renewable energy sector in recent years. Nonetheless, renewable energy reached a record 25.4 percent of Germany’s total electricity consumption in 2014, according to the latest annual statistics from the
Working Group on Renewable Energy Statistics (AGEE-Stat), an increase of nearly 2 percent from 2012.
The
German Geothermal Association reports that Germany continues to develop its geothermal resources. Currently, 26 power plants with an installed thermal capacity of 238.95 MW provide a combination of heat and power to German cities, 16 are under construction, and 43 more are planned. Seven of those planned power plants or those already under construction will rely on EGS technology to provide up to 31.31 MW of electricity.
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