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06 Aug 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received a new order in Türkiye from Türkerler Holding for a total capacity of around 525 MW. The contract covers the supply and installation of 72 N175/6.X turbines and also includes a 10-year Premium Service agreement with an extension possibility up... read more...
05 Aug 2026
| Dauerthal (renewablepress) - On 4 August 2026, ENERTRAG Service put a new training and qualification centre into operation in Dauerthal. To mark the start, the company welcomed four new service technicians from South Africa, five trainee electronics technicians for industrial engineering, and one tr... read more...
04 Aug 2026
| Hamburg / Chicago (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has secured three new orders in the United States with a combined capacity of more than 480 MW. The contracts comprise the supply of 81 N163/5.X turbines.
The names of the customers and of the projects are not being disclosed.
The project... read more...
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Nordex Group secures a major order in Türkiye totalling 525 MW
ENERTRAG opens new training and qualification centre in Dauerthal
Nordex Group secures new U.S. orders totaling more than 480 MW
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Wednesday,
12.08.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 12.08.
202601.01. - 12.08.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.486
1.091
278.4
257.8
Hydropower*
0.281
0.444
171.4
181.3
Solar
1.195
1.591
223.5
192.2
Biomass
0.129
0.199
48.8
47.2
Geothermal
0.010
0.002
3.3
1.6
Subtotal Renewable
2.100
3.326
725.3
680.2
Nuclear
0.865
1.336
367.7
374.4
Gas
0.673
1.098
232.6
218.3
Lignite (brown coal)
0.225
0.338
84.5
88.0
Hard coal
0.163
0.245
65.6
63.2
Waste
0.034
0.050
12.4
12.4
Oil
0.025
0.039
7.2
6.7
Subtotal Conventional
1.986
3.105
770.1
762.9
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TOTAL
4.086
6.430
1 495.4
1 443.1
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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