Germany Sees Slump in Wind and Solar Generation

Germany’s wind and solar power output has slumped to the lowest in ten years since the start of the year, at just 80 TWh over the first four months of 2025, data from climate think tank Ember has shown. As a result, Europe’s biggest economy has ramped up gas and coal generation by 10% from a year ago, with the share of hydrocarbons in its energy mix rising to the highest in seven years. The main reason for the drop in wind and solar generation was low wind speed, which hit total wind power output hard: generation was down 31% on the…