13 Oct 2026 12:53 | Braunschweig – The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has opened the new building of the Fraunhofer Centre for Energy Storage and Systems (ZESS) in Braunschweig. Three Fraunhofer institutes are working there with TU Braunschweig to develop solid-state batteries and hydrogen technologies, with the aim of driving the transfer into industrial applications. read more... 13 Oct 2026 12:40 | Wolfsburg – Volkswagen Group delivered 6.01 million vehicles worldwide in the first nine months of 2026, 9 percent fewer than in the same period last year. Deliveries in China fell 30.2 percent and in North America 4 percent, while group deliveries rose 1.7 percent in Europe and 4.3 percent in South America. read more... 12 Oct 2026 16:04 | Hamburg – Onshore wind turbine manufacturer Nordex booked more new project orders in the third quarter of 2026 than in the same period a year earlier. The strongest individual markets were Türkiye, Germany and the US. read more...News of the Renewable Energy Industry
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12 Oct 2026
| - Nine-month order intake reaches 7.7 GW, an increase of 16.1%
- Stable pricing environment continues
- Order intake mainly driven by Türkiye, Germany, and the US
Hamburg (renewablepress) - In the third quarter of 2026, the Nordex Group recorded 2,810 MW of orders in the Projects segment, ex... read more...
08 Oct 2026
| Dresden (renewablepress) - VSB has begun construction of the Liethe-Lehmden repowering wind farm in the municipality of Rastede, Lower Saxony. Three new wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 18 megawatts (MW) will replace four existing turbines. The new wind farm is expected to generate e... read more...
07 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - In the past weeks of September, the Nordex Group secured several new orders totalling 389 MW in Türkiye - one of its main markets. The contracts include the supply and installation of 56 wind turbines of the Delta4000 series. Each contract also includes a multi-year servic... read more...
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Nordex Group order intake rises 29.5% to 2.8 GW in the third quarter of 2026
VSB begins construction of Liethe-Lehmden repowering wind farm in Lower Saxony
Nordex Group records 389 MW of new orders in Türkiye
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Tuesday,
13.10.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 13.10.
202601.01. - 13.10.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
1.112
0.842
350.3
328.2
Hydropower*
0.433
0.571
204.8
220.3
Solar
0.757
0.868
292.6
247.9
Biomass
0.187
0.222
61.6
60.1
Geothermal
0.012
0.006
4.2
2.5
Subtotal Renewable
2.501
2.510
913.4
858.9
Nuclear
1.186
1.440
454.8
474.7
Gas
0.784
1.117
296.0
276.7
Lignite (brown coal)
0.455
0.565
108.6
109.1
Hard coal
0.309
0.360
83.8
77.1
Waste
0.045
0.051
16.1
15.5
Oil
0.023
0.032
9.8
8.5
Subtotal Conventional
2.802
3.565
969.2
961.6
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TOTAL
5.304
6.075
1 882.5
1 820.6
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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