03 Nov 2026 13:27 | New Delhi – India has increased its installed non-fossil power capacity to around 308 GW by the end of September 2026. For further expansion to 500 GW by 2030, the Indian government estimates a capital requirement of around USD 220 billion. read more... 03 Nov 2026 10:11 | Münster – Solar power feed-in in Germany rose by around 40 percent in October 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier. Wind energy and hydropower, by contrast, fed in less electricity. This is shown by an analysis by the Internationales Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien (IWR) of data from European transmission system operators (ENTSO-E). read more... 03 Nov 2026 09:51 | Abu Dhabi – After a global record addition of around 693 GW in 2025, IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera expects annual renewable energy additions to decline in 2026 for the first time in five years. He cites inadequate power grids and trade restrictions as obstacles. read more...News of the Renewable Energy Industry
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| Grünwald/Constance (renewablepress) - esmeraPartners GmbH (“esmera”) has advised a German utility on the successful sale of an operational onshore wind farm in Germany. In addition to the existing wind farm operations, the transaction includes the long-term repowering potential of the site.
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27 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group and DenkerWulf are continuing their collaboration in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with a new wind energy project. For the Bredenbek wind farm, DenkerWulf has ordered nine N149/5.X wind turbines with a total capacity of 51.3 MW from the Nordex Group. Instal... read more...
22 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received its first order from New Zealand. Mercury, one of New Zealand’s major electricity generation and retail companies, has ordered 40 N133/4.8 wind turbines with a total capacity of 192 MW for a wind farm in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South... read more...
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Power generation in Europe (MW)
Tuesday,
03.11.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 03.11.
202601.01. - 03.11.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
1.163
1.319
383.6
363.4
Hydropower*
0.295
0.531
215.5
234.2
Solar
0.443
0.489
306.3
258.6
Biomass
0.172
0.257
66.4
64.7
Geothermal
0.010
0.006
4.5
2.8
Subtotal Renewable
2.085
2.602
976.1
923.7
Nuclear
1.057
1.533
484.9
508.7
Gas
1.033
1.527
320.7
299.0
Lignite (brown coal)
0.365
0.549
118.9
116.7
Hard coal
0.277
0.394
90.6
82.6
Waste
0.037
0.054
17.4
16.8
Oil
0.021
0.026
10.4
9.2
Subtotal Conventional
2.789
4.082
1 042.9
1 033.0
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TOTAL
4.874
6.684
2 019.1
1 956.7
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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