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17 Mar 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received two new orders for repowering projects on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn in Germany. For the two wind farms Fehmarn-Mitte I and Fehmarn-Mitte II, Nordex will supply and install 24 wind turbines of the N163/5.X type. The total capacity of the... read more...
17 Mar 2026
| Pfaffenhausen/Dresden (renewablepress) - Construction of the Pfaffenhausen wind farm in the municipality of Jossgrund, located in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse, is expected to begin at the end of 2026. Project developer VSB has received approval from the Darmstadt Regional Council to build the w... read more...
12 Mar 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received an order totaling 49 MW for a new community wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As part of the Heek-Strönfeld project for Bürgerwind Heek-Strönfeld GmbH & Co. KG, Nordex will deliver seven N175/6.X wind turbines with a hub height of ... read more...
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Nordex Group receives new orders for 137 MW for repowering projects on the island of Fehmarn in Germany
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Nordex Group to supply turbines for 49 MW community wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Tuesday,
17.03.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 17.03.
202601.01. - 17.03.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.724
1.785
121.0
105.9
Hydropower*
0.518
0.855
70.1
64.9
Solar
0.573
0.774
34.6
33.3
Biomass
0.143
0.223
17.8
17.4
Geothermal
0.010
0.004
1.1
0.3
Subtotal Renewable
1.969
3.641
244.6
221.9
Nuclear
1.069
1.738
142.2
148.2
Gas
0.534
0.850
104.9
101.6
Lignite (brown coal)
0.341
0.425
36.1
40.1
Hard coal
0.258
0.312
29.4
32.3
Waste
0.032
0.051
4.0
4.7
Oil
0.014
0.024
2.3
2.1
Subtotal Conventional
2.249
3.400
318.9
329.0
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TOTAL
4.218
7.040
563.5
550.9
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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