25 Jun 2026 08:25 | Helsinki – Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has for the first time operated a large-scale engine on 100 percent hydrogen in Bermeo, northern Spain, feeding electricity directly into the public grid. According to the company, this marks the first time anywhere in the world that large-scale combustion engine technology has been tested on a fully hydrogen basis under real grid conditions. read more... 25 Jun 2026 08:06 | San Francisco – The growing electricity demand of AI data centers continues to open up new options for powering digital infrastructure. While conventional approaches focus on building new generation capacity, Sunrun, Renew Home and Tesla are taking a different path. The three companies plan to pool more than 16 GW of flexible power from millions of distributed energy assets and make it available to data centers and utilities alike. Sunrun shares surged more than 20 percent on the news. read more... 24 Jun 2026 12:17 | Vancouver/London - Canadian fuel cell specialist Ballard Power Systems is acquiring British hydrogen specialist GeoPura, marking a strategic transformation. Ballard is stepping back from its role as a pure technology supplier and becoming an integrated Energy-as-a-Service provider. read more...News of the Renewable Energy Industry
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25 Jun 2026
| Munich/Pforzheim (renewablepress) - Packed halls, a vibrant atmosphere and a buzzing vibe – after three days, The smarter E Europe 2026, Europe’s largest alliance of exhibitions for the energy industry, has come to a successful close. The event held at Messe München offered a glimpse of a future-ori... read more...
24 Jun 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received a new order in Germany for 112 MW. The customer is NeXtWind Management GmbH. For the Altmark wind farm in Saxony-Anhalt, the Nordex Group will supply and install 16 N175/6.X wind turbines with 179-metre hub heights. The order also includes a 2... read more...
23 Jun 2026
| Dresden (renewablepress) - VSB, an internationally active developer and operator of renewable energy projects, will showcase photovoltaic projects from Germany, Italy and Poland at Intersolar Europe in Munich from 23 to 25 June 2026. The focus is on integrated project concepts that combine different... read more...
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Power generation in Europe (MW)
Friday,
26.06.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 26.06.
202601.01. - 26.06.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.001
0.696
232.9
213.8
Hydropower*
0.000
0.722
144.8
147.4
Solar
0.000
1.612
153.4
135.9
Biomass
0.000
0.182
39.0
38.0
Geothermal
0.000
0.002
2.5
0.9
Subtotal Renewable
0.001
3.213
572.5
536.1
Nuclear
0.000
1.360
290.9
298.3
Gas
0.000
1.290
182.9
175.6
Lignite (brown coal)
0.000
0.378
68.9
71.8
Hard coal
0.000
0.287
53.5
54.1
Waste
0.000
0.039
9.5
9.9
Oil
0.000
0.038
4.8
4.9
Subtotal Conventional
0.000
3.391
610.5
614.6
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TOTAL
0.002
6.604
1 183.0
1 150.8
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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