Live · Generation mix · Wholesale price

Germany on electricity.

What's powering Germany right now, what powered it yesterday, and what it cost. Live generation mix from BNetzA SMARD; annual history from AGEE-Stat; wholesale prices from the day-ahead market.

Live · Quarter-hourly · Week / month / year

Live generation mix.

Quarter-hourly generation mix straight from the grid. Switch between week, month, and year views. Renewables now account for 58.8% of generation; the share moves hour by hour with sun and wind.

Generation by source · Last 7 / 30 / 365 days

The grid in real time.

GW · GENERATION017.53552.570PEAK · €171/MWh08 Jul€/MWh · PRICE050100150200Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26
Source · BNetzA SMARD · Generation mix + day-ahead price
Annual generation · 2010 onwards · By source

Annual generation history.

Year-by-year generation by source from 2010. The shape of the German energy transition: coal halved, renewables more than doubled, nuclear decommissioned. Solar and wind together now produce more than any single fossil source.

Annual generation mix · 2010-2026

A decade and a half of transition.

100%75%50%25%0%201020142018202120232025CoalGasNuclearOtherBiomassHydroSolarWind
Source · AGEE-Stat / BNetzA / Fraunhofer ISE
Renewables share of generation · Annual

From a third to nearly two-thirds in fifteen years.

% SHARE20%40%60%80%EU 2030 TARGET · 80%2020: 44.6%58.8%2010201520202025Source · Bundesnetzagentur · Annual share of gross power generation
Source · BNetzA · Annual gross electricity generation
Wholesale price · Monthly · €/MWh

Wholesale price.

The average wholesale price was 89.32/MWh in 2025, with 573 hours of negative prices. The wholesale price is roughly half of what consumers ultimately pay; network fees, taxes and levies make up the rest.

Day-ahead wholesale · Monthly average · Last 36 months

Wholesale prices remain elevated by historical standards.

€/MWh5063125163200AVG · €92PEAK €178156Jun '23Jul '23Jan '24Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26May '26Source · BNetzA SMARD · Day-ahead wholesale auction · monthly avg
Source · BNetzA SMARD · Day-ahead wholesale, monthly average