14 Aug 2026 16:11 | Fredericia – Danish offshore wind company Ørsted has published its half-year results and announced a shift in its dividend policy. Following a period of balance-sheet strengthening, the company is returning to regular shareholder payouts while also signaling it is once again able to pursue new growth opportunities in the offshore wind market. read more... 14 Aug 2026 14:52 | Hamburg — The Nordex Group has secured a contract to supply and install twelve wind turbines for several citizen wind projects in Lower Saxony. The order was placed by EFG Energy Farming Gruppe, based in Bad Essen in the Osnabrück district. read more... 14 Aug 2026 09:44 | Aarhus — Vestas has published its second-quarter 2026 results, showing further gains in profitability and prompting the company to raise its full-year outlook. Growth was driven by the Power Solutions segment, while order intake rose sharply in parallel. The Vestas board also announced a new share buyback program. Vestas shares surged on Wednesday morning. read more...News of the Renewable Energy Industry
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13 Aug 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received orders from the EFG Energy Farming Group for the supply and installation of a total of twelve wind turbines for several citizen wind projects in Lower Saxony. The “Erlte-Endel” project in the district of Vechta and the “Bad Essen” project clus... read more...
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...
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Nordex Group receives orders totaling 82 MW from EFG Energy Farming Group in Lower Saxony, Germany
Nordex Group secures a major order in Türkiye totalling 525 MW
ENERTRAG opens new training and qualification centre in Dauerthal
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Friday,
14.08.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 14.08.
202601.01. - 14.08.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.479
0.667
279.8
259.0
Hydropower*
0.344
0.626
172.6
182.7
Solar
1.129
1.664
226.7
194.8
Biomass
0.129
0.200
49.2
47.6
Geothermal
0.009
0.001
3.3
1.7
Subtotal Renewable
2.092
3.158
731.6
685.8
Nuclear
0.821
1.342
370.4
377.6
Gas
0.685
1.172
235.0
220.6
Lignite (brown coal)
0.198
0.354
85.2
88.7
Hard coal
0.178
0.276
66.1
63.7
Waste
0.034
0.051
12.6
12.5
Oil
0.026
0.044
7.3
6.8
Subtotal Conventional
1.941
3.239
776.6
769.9
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TOTAL
4.033
6.397
1 508.2
1 455.7
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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