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Renewable Energy Provided One-Third of Germany's Power in the First Half of 2014

7/10/2014

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Wind turbines stand behind houses of the village of Feldheim near Berlin, Germany.

Thanks to favorable weather and record production from solar and wind power, renewable energy accounted for approximately 31 percent of Germany’s electricity generation in the first half of 2014.

Production of wind and solar in particular saw substantial gains over the same time last year. Solar grew by 28 percent in the first half of 2014 compared to 2013 and wind power grew by 19 percent over the same period last year. “Solar and wind alone made up a whopping 17 percent of power generation, up from around 12-13 percent in the past few years,” reported Renewables International.

As a point of comparison, approximately 13 percent of the U.S. electricity supply was powered by renewables as of the end of 2013, roughly half of Germany’s rate.

Check out the entire article at:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/08/3456934/renewable-one-third-germany/
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green guy
7/10/2014 01:25:55 pm

Wow ! almost 30% from renewables They are showing us the way. Is anyone watching. Guess these people have never heard about wind turbine paranoia. Oh wait a minute ! they don't have the Koch Bros. now I get it.

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