22 May 2026 15:59 | Vancouver – Germany’s hydrogen bus market is among the leading markets in Europe. In Cottbus and Krefeld, fuel cell systems from Ballard Power Systems are being integrated into public transport bus fleets, supporting the scaling of zero-emission bus operations in urban and regional transit across Germany. read more... 22 May 2026 15:46 | Hamburg/Izmir – The Nordex Group has started production at its new rotor blade manufacturing facility in Menemen near Izmir, Türkiye, further expanding its industrial manufacturing base for the onshore wind market. The site is intended to supply both the Turkish market and, in the future, European wind energy projects. Shares of Nordex, which is listed in the RENIXX index, were trading 1.78 percent lower at EUR 43.16 in today’s session. read more... 22 May 2026 10:01 | Oldenburg/Mannheim – The development of the hydrogen economy in Germany is continuing to advance. EWE AG has commissioned industrial services provider Bilfinger with key construction and installation services for its 320-megawatt hydrogen production facility in Emden. This completes the final major procurement package for the “Clean Hydrogen Coastline” project.
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22 May 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has successfully started production at its new blade manufacturing facility in Menemen, İzmir (Türkiye) in May 2026, further strengthening the continuous growing demand for high-efficiency onshore wind turbines in the country.
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21 May 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - On May 20, Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice‑President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, visited the Nordex Group’s main office and Global Technical Academy in Hamburg. Nordex CEO José Luis Blanco and CFO Dr Ilya Hartmann hosted the event... read more...
20 May 2026
| Munich (renewablepress) - Tion Renewables GmbH (“Tion Renewables” or “Tion”), a leading European independent power producer (IPP), and IONITY GmbH (“IONITY”), a leading pan–European high–power charging point operator (CPO), have signed a long–term agreement to power IONITY’s renewable-powered HPC si... read more...
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Nordex Group starts production at new blade manufacturing facility in Türkiye
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Tion Renewables and IONITY Sign Agreement to Advance Renewable-Powered High-Power Charging Infrastructure Across Europe
Power generation in Europe (MW)
Friday,
22.05.2026
today
yesterday
01.01. - 22.05.
202601.01. - 22.05.
2025
Electricity generation EU 27
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
bn. kWh
Wind
0.494
0.844
200.7
176.5
Hydropower*
0.562
0.761
120.2
119.9
Solar
1.418
1.324
106.3
95.8
Biomass
0.160
0.189
32.5
31.4
Geothermal
0.011
0.001
2.1
0.5
Subtotal Renewable
2.645
3.120
461.8
424.1
Nuclear
1.077
1.391
244.6
248.6
Gas
0.505
0.667
155.7
151.3
Lignite (brown coal)
0.282
0.392
59.3
63.4
Hard coal
0.177
0.230
46.6
48.6
Waste
0.037
0.046
7.8
8.2
Oil
0.008
0.009
4.2
3.9
Subtotal Conventional
2.085
2.735
518.3
524.0
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TOTAL
4.730
5.855
980.1
948.2
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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