The German Bundestag, lower house of the parliament, approved on Thursday a legislative package to speed up the expansion of renewable energy. The bill aims to increase the renewable share to at least 80% by 2030, up from its previous objective of 65%.
According to preliminary figures released by the energy sector group BDEW and research institution ZSW, renewables produced nearly half of Germany’s electricity in the first six months of 2022. Solar panels, wind turbines, biogas plants, and other installations met 49% of total electricity consumption, up six percentage points from the same period the previous year.
