30 Jan 2026 09:11 | Berlin (Germany) - The heat pump industry is recording a significant increase in sales in 2025. Almost half of all heat generators sold are heat pumps, meaning the technology is gaining substantial ground in Germany and has reached an important milestone. Future development will depend heavily on political framework conditions. read more... 29 Jan 2026 16:52 | Berlin (Germany) / Amsterdam (Netherlands) - Sustainable aviation fuels (e-SAF) are considered a key technology to reduce CO2emissions in aviation. With €350 million in funding, Concrete Chemicals intends to build Germany’s largest e-SAF production facility, strengthening industrial supply of sustainable aviation fuel. read more... 29 Jan 2026 13:49 | Bilbao (Spain) - The expansion of long-term power supply contracts for renewable energy, known as Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), is a key pillar for electrification, the further rollout of renewable energies and the decarbonisation of industry. read more...News of the Renewable Energy Industry
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29 Jan 2026
| Berlin/Amsterdam (renewablepress) - Concrete Chemicals GmbH has secured €350 million in public funding, to realise the largest industrial-scale production facility for Electro-Sustainable Aviation Fuels (e-SAF) in Germany. The funding has been approved at national and regional level, with the Europe... read more...
21 Jan 2026
| Dresden/Nîmes (France) (renewablepress) - VSB France, a company of the VSB Group and part of TotalEnergies, has commissioned its first wind farm in the French département of Puy-de-Dôme with Eoliennes de Tortebesse. The project marks an important milestone in the further expansion of onshore wind en... read more...
19 Jan 2026
| • The companies will cooperate through 2030 to facilitate the supply of turbines for VERBUND Green Power’s upcoming wind projects in various European markets.
Madrid, Hamburg (renewablepress) - VERBUND Green Power, the international renewable energy subsidiary of Austria’s leading energy compan... read more...
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Concrete Chemicals Receives €350 Million Funding for Germany’s Largest Industrial-Scale e-SAF Plant
VSB France brings 32.4 MW of wind capacity online
VERBUND Green Power and Nordex Group sign multi-year framework agreement for supply of wind turbines totalling 700 MW
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Sunday,
01.02.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 01.02.
202601.01. - 01.02.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.323
1.694
53.5
51.9
Hydropower*
0.136
0.874
26.9
26.5
Solar
0.000
0.294
8.9
8.3
Biomass
0.044
0.231
7.0
7.1
Geothermal
0.002
0.013
0.4
0.1
Subtotal Renewable
0.505
3.105
96.7
93.8
Nuclear
0.286
1.752
55.0
63.7
Gas
0.205
1.421
52.2
40.5
Lignite (brown coal)
0.072
0.452
15.5
16.1
Hard coal
0.084
0.426
13.7
12.9
Waste
0.007
0.037
1.3
2.1
Oil
0.005
0.039
1.0
0.9
Subtotal Conventional
0.659
4.126
138.8
136.3
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TOTAL
1.164
7.232
235.5
230.1
Note
26 out of 27 EU countries
No data from: Malta
The data from the European transmission system operators reflect the net electricity feed-in to their national power grids. Not taken into account are electricity for the self-consumption of power plants, self-used electricity (own use), power plants without grid connection, etc.
Current Grid Status Renewables - Europe
Renewables in Europe - Records - All Time Highs
Source
Record 2026
All Time High
[MW]
[Date]
[MW]
[Date]
Wind energy total
0
01.01.1970
134 967
22.02.2024
Onshore
0
01.01.1970
121 052
22.02.2024
Offshore
0
01.01.1970
17 912
20.02.2025
Solar
0
01.01.1970
140 469
30.07.2024
Hydropower
0
01.01.1970
201 493
06.03.2024
Bioenergy
0
01.01.1970
11 209
14.02.2025
Geothermal
0
01.01.1970
717
07.02.2023
Total
0
01.01.1970
246 299
02.04.2024
Source: © IWR 2026, Data: ENTSO-E
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