Germany: Renewables Generate Most Power in 2014

GALWAY, IRELAND--January 19, 2015 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Germany's push to a greener energy mix reached a milestone in 2014 when renewable energy led power production for the first time.

Renewables, comprising wind, solar, hydropower and biomass, accounted for 27.3% of the electricity mix, displacing lignite as the leading source of electricity.