04 Nov 2026 08:50 | Berlin - Vattenfall has completed the installation of all 68 foundations ahead of schedule at the Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. With an installed turbine capacity of 1,020 MW, Nordlicht I is currently set to become Germany’s largest offshore wind farm. read more... 04 Nov 2026 08:41 | Cuxhaven – Wind and solar project developer PNE has sold a photovoltaic project with a planned capacity of 250 MW in South Africa. The buyer is a South African independent power producer (IPP), which was not named. read more... 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...News of the Renewable Energy Industry
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05 Nov 2026
| Munich (renewablepress) - Tion Renewables GmbH (“Tion Renewables” or “Tion”), a leading European independent power producer (IPP), has completed the repowering of three operational solar PV plants in Italy. Replacing fixed-tilt structures with tracker systems and new modules has increased installed ... read more...
29 Oct 2026
| 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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Power generation in Europe (MW)
Thursday,
05.11.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 05.11.
202601.01. - 05.11.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.602
1.553
386.3
366.9
Hydropower*
0.154
0.485
216.3
235.4
Solar
0.112
0.526
306.9
259.4
Biomass
0.090
0.223
66.8
65.1
Geothermal
0.007
0.004
4.5
2.9
Subtotal Renewable
0.964
2.792
980.8
929.6
Nuclear
0.608
1.529
487.5
511.7
Gas
0.801
1.768
323.9
300.7
Lignite (brown coal)
0.234
0.550
119.9
117.5
Hard coal
0.180
0.413
91.3
83.1
Waste
0.022
0.051
17.5
16.9
Oil
0.011
0.030
10.5
9.2
Subtotal Conventional
1.854
4.342
1 050.5
1 039.1
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TOTAL
2.819
7.134
2 031.3
1 968.7
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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