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| Dauerthal/Versailles (renewablepress) - At the 9th edition of the Choose France summit, held on 1 June 2026 at the Château de Versailles, ENERTRAG announced a major commitment to the French energy transition with a €1.1 billion investment plan dedicated to building new energy infrastructure.
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26 May 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has secured a new order in Türkiye from Eksim Enerji A.Ş., comprising the supply and installation of 16 N175/6.X wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 110 MW. The turbines for the Balıkesir-3 wind farm will be installed on tubular steel towers w... read more...
22 May 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has successfully started production at its new blade manufacturing facility in Menemen, İzmir (Türkiye) in May 2026, further strengthening the continuous growing demand for high-efficiency onshore wind turbines in the country.
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ENERTRAG announces a €1.1 billion investment program in France by 2030 to support French energy transition and sovereignty
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Nordex Group starts production at new blade manufacturing facility in Türkiye
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Friday,
05.06.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 05.06.
202601.01. - 05.06.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.827
1.858
214.3
192.5
Hydropower*
0.404
0.687
130.2
131.3
Solar
0.781
1.127
124.6
110.7
Biomass
0.114
0.182
35.2
34.1
Geothermal
0.007
0.001
2.2
0.6
Subtotal Renewable
2.133
3.856
506.6
469.2
Nuclear
0.832
1.300
262.7
268.1
Gas
0.312
0.522
165.4
159.5
Lignite (brown coal)
0.146
0.190
62.9
67.0
Hard coal
0.090
0.134
49.2
50.8
Waste
0.025
0.041
8.5
8.9
Oil
0.004
0.006
4.4
4.3
Subtotal Conventional
1.410
2.192
553.1
558.6
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TOTAL
3.543
6.048
1 059.6
1 027.8
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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