Overview
- Wind supplied 26.8% and solar 24.1% of domestic generation in Q3 2025, both record highs for a third quarter, according to Destatis provisional data.
- Coal’s share fell to 20.6% (down 2.2% year on year) while gas rose to 12.0% (up 8.1%), reflecting the shifting fossil balance.
- Electricity imports dropped 11.9% to 20.7 billion kWh as exports rose 5.9% to 12.5 billion kWh, shrinking the import surplus by 30.3% to 8.2 billion kWh.
- The federal government is preparing tenders for new dispatchable capacity, with up to 10 GW of gas-fired plants signaled and auction criteria expected before Christmas ahead of potential March 2026 tenders.
- Industry and research highlight integration constraints in grids, transformers, materials and labor as statistics exclude on-site use; Fraunhofer estimates about 17% of private PV output is self-consumed, and ZSW/BDEW put renewables at 55.8% of 2025 electricity consumption.