Germany's renewable power output up 12.6% YoY in Q1

摘要

GERMANY'S output of renewable power in the first quarter of 2014 rose by 12.6 per cent from a year earlier to 40.2 billion kilowatt hours, energy industry group BDEW said citing favourable weather patterns and capacity additions. The share of renewable energy in national electricity consumption rose by 4 per centage points to 27 per cent from a year earlier in the three months of January through March, BDEW said. Subsidised renewables, led by wind and solar capacity, have had a big impact on traded wholesale power derived from fossil fuels and sparked political debate over high power prices for consumers, who pay mandatory charges for green energy.