02 Oct 2026 14:54 | Hamburg – Lower Austria raised its wind energy expansion target in 2025. In the district of Gänserndorf, WEB Windenergie AG is now having existing turbines replaced with N175/6.X turbines from the Nordex Group, which will be used in Austria for the first time. read more... 02 Oct 2026 12:09 | Münster – The global renewable energy stock index RENIXX World ended the first nine months of 2026 in positive territory, but most of the gains from the first half were erased in the third quarter. Samsung SDI joined the index on October 1 as another battery manufacturer after CATL. read more... 02 Oct 2026 12:02 | Münster, Germany – Solar feed-in in Germany rose well above the level of the same month a year earlier in sunny September. Feed-in from wind and hydropower was lower. This is shown by an IWR analysis of data from the European transmission system operators (ENTSO-E). read more...News of the Renewable Energy Industry
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02 Oct 2026
| - The M.O.E. Test Laboratory and the M.O.E. Certification Body, in collaboration with SMA, have completed a technically demanding verification process in accordance with VDE FNN Guideline 2.1
Itzehoe (renewablepress) - The manufacturer SMA has reached an important milestone in the development o... read more...
01 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received an order for 56 MW in Austria from WEB Windenergie AG. For the Auersthal RI repowering project in the district of Gänserndorf in Lower Austria, the Nordex Group will supply and install eight N175/6.X turbines. The order also includes a 25-year... read more...
30 Sep 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has secured new orders totalling 175 MW across three European wind energy markets: France, Portugal and Spain. The contracts comprise the supply and installation of 34 wind turbines and include comprehensive multi-year service agreements designed to ensure... read more...
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Nordex Group secures 175 MW of new orders in France, Portugal and Spain
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Friday,
02.10.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 02.10.
202601.01. - 02.10.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.693
1.243
336.0
313.0
Hydropower*
0.504
0.480
199.5
214.0
Solar
0.869
0.862
283.5
240.9
Biomass
0.201
0.218
59.3
57.8
Geothermal
0.014
0.002
4.0
2.4
Subtotal Renewable
2.282
2.805
882.2
828.0
Nuclear
1.158
1.287
439.8
457.5
Gas
1.150
1.211
285.1
265.1
Lignite (brown coal)
0.463
0.482
103.7
104.9
Hard coal
0.316
0.335
80.5
74.3
Waste
0.051
0.052
15.5
14.9
Oil
0.024
0.033
9.5
8.1
Subtotal Conventional
3.161
3.401
933.9
924.8
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TOTAL
5.443
6.206
1 816.2
1 752.8
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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