Germany monthly electricity generation, consumption and prices
Monthly German electricity from the Bundesnetzagentur SMARD platform: generation by energy source, total and residual load, and the volume weighted day-ahead wholesale price.
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | |
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| Generation by source2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conventional sources5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lignite | 4,607.78 | 4,882.38 | 4,334.89 | 4,511.67 | 4,215.23 | 6,832.69 | 6,437.51 | 6,856.53 | 5,444.63 | 6,595.5 | 5,648.72 | 4,925.69 | 4,518.75 | 5,754.06 | 3,635.52 | 4,105.92 | 5,340.82 | 7,277.68 | 7,092.1 | 6,826.96 | 6,578.01 | 7,657.98 | 7,134.01 | 5,177.28 | 5,365.3 | 5,471.09 | 5,290.9 | 4,716.63 | 4,303.99 | 6,461.02 | 6,010.24 | 6,819.91 | 6,904.95 | 7,164.2 | 6,617.19 | 6,380.65 | 5,389.2 | |
| Hard coal | 2,210.02 | 1,839.25 | 1,513.05 | 1,922.82 | 2,227.36 | 2,976.08 | 3,322.49 | 4,404.71 | 2,599.89 | 3,165.92 | 2,166.16 | 1,397.57 | 1,301.45 | 1,909.48 | 1,201 | 985.46 | 2,398.52 | 3,184.09 | 4,236.84 | 3,611.04 | 3,096.56 | 3,685.59 | 2,750.26 | 2,185.95 | 1,696.17 | 1,050.45 | 1,072.62 | 1,088.28 | 1,642.42 | 2,423.43 | 2,607.95 | 4,036.64 | 3,933.81 | 3,958.82 | 3,220.05 | 2,559.62 | 2,282.12 | |
| Natural gas | 2,902.12 | 2,622.81 | 2,904.81 | 3,146.19 | 3,792.41 | 4,650.13 | 8,042.28 | 9,813.5 | 7,523.78 | 7,519.79 | 5,275.41 | 3,790.77 | 3,015.97 | 2,927.11 | 2,394.52 | 3,130.74 | 3,692.68 | 5,649.85 | 7,702.45 | 7,924.27 | 6,663.23 | 7,062.07 | 3,852.89 | 3,207.38 | 3,430.31 | 3,253.78 | 3,493.62 | 3,873.13 | 4,319.79 | 5,301.25 | 5,287.33 | 7,171.71 | 5,524.59 | 5,090.59 | 3,879.79 | 3,587.11 | 4,016.1 | |
| Pumped storage | 891.47 | 996.27 | 931.1 | 942.35 | 911.51 | 867.54 | 607.74 | 754.79 | 719.72 | 673.56 | 756.74 | 733.65 | 843.05 | 808.93 | 916.78 | 984.97 | 954.92 | 903.14 | 744.99 | 853.11 | 790.15 | 717.19 | 834.09 | 837.67 | 994.64 | 1,070.47 | 951.75 | 904.49 | 903.8 | 818.49 | 770.38 | 797.58 | 838.95 | 852.01 | 904.61 | 826.19 | 829.33 | |
| Other conventional | 1,285.08 | 1,300.79 | 1,103.3 | 1,205.68 | 1,280.07 | 1,309.07 | 1,280.84 | 1,375.18 | 1,429.38 | 1,350.66 | 1,394.1 | 1,014.14 | 1,075.94 | 1,077.29 | 1,064.83 | 1,182.71 | 1,169.98 | 1,223.66 | 1,157.82 | 1,233.62 | 1,341.66 | 1,244.7 | 1,302.48 | 1,292.64 | 1,371.92 | 1,424.86 | 1,153.42 | 1,325.67 | 1,284.02 | 1,402.42 | 1,340.1 | 1,356.74 | 1,434.81 | 1,389.17 | 1,465.64 | 1,458.11 | 1,366.38 | |
| Renewable sources6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind onshore | 7,540.89 | 8,007.79 | 6,366.4 | 5,491.51 | 7,865.92 | 9,115.87 | 11,140.08 | 13,035.82 | 12,474.03 | 9,952.19 | 13,695.53 | 9,721.14 | 5,459.16 | 6,167.8 | 8,676.53 | 7,858.11 | 5,843.16 | 6,491.69 | 7,227.4 | 13,201.13 | 13,708.15 | 10,259.47 | 8,368.16 | 8,943.18 | 5,184.45 | 5,528.04 | 5,670.93 | 6,248.81 | 9,674.38 | 9,347.79 | 14,088.42 | 15,538.62 | 16,267.23 | 14,411.57 | 11,832.08 | 5,315.45 | 5,752.55 | |
| Wind offshore | 1,824.07 | 2,010.4 | 1,502.88 | 1,537.51 | 1,834.53 | 2,320.2 | 3,689.88 | 3,723.55 | 3,425.38 | 2,716.3 | 2,901.83 | 2,410.54 | 1,699.08 | 1,561.25 | 1,848.91 | 1,861.45 | 1,080.77 | 1,889.09 | 2,260.15 | 2,539.82 | 2,466.87 | 2,233.53 | 2,261.53 | 1,822.08 | 1,426.23 | 1,636.01 | 1,552.96 | 1,528.32 | 2,186.04 | 2,736.84 | 2,780.41 | 3,036.66 | 2,990.7 | 2,319.52 | 2,577.21 | 1,335.14 | 1,192.89 | |
| Solar photovoltaics | 10,931.38 | 12,035.52 | 11,635.88 | 11,549 | 10,046.42 | 7,301.71 | 2,535.86 | 1,636.84 | 1,509.06 | 2,210.9 | 3,642.62 | 6,435.9 | 9,672.28 | 9,056.37 | 10,536.11 | 10,217.14 | 8,951.02 | 6,906.31 | 3,018.65 | 1,627.46 | 1,036.77 | 1,529.69 | 3,561.57 | 6,161.32 | 8,941.06 | 9,306.82 | 8,835.62 | 8,603.73 | 6,624.39 | 4,876.76 | 2,236.91 | 1,433.8 | 761.05 | 1,367.92 | 3,310.18 | 6,558.58 | 6,537.51 | |
| Biomass | 2,840.86 | 2,843.05 | 2,559.45 | 2,939 | 2,959.88 | 3,056.81 | 2,861.62 | 3,197.61 | 3,193.59 | 3,069.62 | 3,034.06 | 2,794.21 | 2,852.5 | 2,882.52 | 2,819.45 | 2,926.02 | 2,974.21 | 3,129.64 | 2,982.36 | 3,215.97 | 3,219.1 | 3,102.04 | 3,041.5 | 2,747.05 | 2,817.89 | 2,878.04 | 2,861.02 | 3,027.53 | 3,028.28 | 3,270.62 | 3,025.25 | 3,178.69 | 3,166.39 | 3,088.19 | 3,076.7 | 2,896.35 | 3,026.31 | |
| Hydropower | 1,003.88 | 1,061.69 | 1,283.63 | 1,139.67 | 1,071.75 | 1,136.47 | 995.49 | 915.37 | 1,022.21 | 1,084.14 | 1,116.77 | 1,208.88 | 1,463.01 | 1,405.12 | 1,343.21 | 1,175.77 | 1,003.42 | 965.18 | 1,093.73 | 1,301.46 | 1,232.45 | 1,118.23 | 1,564.44 | 1,357.65 | 1,456.82 | 1,795.41 | 1,653.95 | 1,683.96 | 1,402.54 | 1,394.86 | 1,363.74 | 1,527.87 | 1,345.61 | 1,351.63 | 1,031.03 | 1,331.29 | 1,507.79 | |
| Other renewables | 65.58 | 67.14 | 61.8 | 75.42 | 73.79 | 73.41 | 73.67 | 82.98 | 88.22 | 81.53 | 79.79 | 72.16 | 73.97 | 66.52 | 65.54 | 75.8 | 81 | 87.65 | 84.73 | 96.2 | 101.04 | 91.08 | 88.78 | 76.89 | 81.6 | 80.86 | 69.86 | 82.89 | 77.73 | 85.72 | 100.75 | 121.55 | 118.93 | 115.4 | 104.36 | 89.69 | 82.09 | |
| Consumption, residual load and day-ahead price4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total grid load (electricity consumption) | 35,428.65 | 37,858.41 | 36,189.5 | 35,640.34 | 36,814.31 | 40,563.33 | 40,842.54 | 46,291.75 | 42,304.48 | 41,470.31 | 40,475.53 | 36,471.75 | 35,373.44 | 37,035.78 | 35,278.34 | 36,264.73 | 36,341.73 | 40,563.59 | 40,067.32 | 44,170.69 | 41,383.12 | 41,376.52 | 38,537.38 | 36,646.16 | 36,921.84 | 36,973.71 | 35,704.64 | 35,983.51 | 37,730.96 | 40,192.6 | 39,956.91 | 44,095.5 | 40,999.1 | 41,090.77 | 38,794.88 | 35,812.64 | 36,307.27 | |
| Residual load | 15,132.3 | 15,804.71 | 16,684.34 | 17,062.32 | 17,067.44 | 21,825.55 | 23,476.72 | 27,895.54 | 24,896 | 26,590.92 | 20,235.54 | 17,904.17 | 18,542.92 | 20,250.36 | 14,216.8 | 16,328.02 | 20,466.77 | 25,276.5 | 27,561.11 | 26,802.28 | 24,171.33 | 27,353.83 | 24,346.12 | 19,719.59 | 21,370.1 | 20,502.84 | 19,645.12 | 19,602.65 | 19,246.14 | 23,231.22 | 20,851.18 | 24,086.41 | 20,980.13 | 22,991.76 | 21,075.41 | 22,603.47 | 22,824.31 | |
| Pumped-storage consumption | 1,165.97 | 1,313.11 | 1,156.03 | 1,187.14 | 1,184.28 | 1,079.08 | 705.04 | 895.25 | 854.28 | 908.11 | 1,021.75 | 996.03 | 1,103.38 | 1,044.93 | 1,279.59 | 1,222.96 | 1,196.33 | 1,194.6 | 877.26 | 1,038.15 | 1,044.49 | 915.98 | 1,032.65 | 1,171.8 | 1,314.83 | 1,243 | 1,180.33 | 1,143.05 | 1,210.8 | 1,021.89 | 898.04 | 875.24 | 1,053.47 | 1,032.98 | 1,247.53 | 1,039.81 | 972.29 | |
| Day-ahead price, Germany/Luxembourg | 126.89 | 105.45 | 109.52 | 97.54 | 78.52 | 99.29 | 96.58 | 110.09 | 93.47 | 101.88 | 84.4 | 83.51 | 76.99 | 87.8 | 63.99 | 67.34 | 77.94 | 94.73 | 128.52 | 114.14 | 108.32 | 113.91 | 86.1 | 78.31 | 82.05 | 67.7 | 72.89 | 67.21 | 62.36 | 64.7 | 61.34 | 76.57 | 68.52 | 91.12 | 87.38 | 100.72 | 94.32 |
Latest reading
Lignite stood at 4,607.78 GWh in Aug 2026. That is −5.6% from Jul 2026 and +2.0% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2015 to Aug 2026. Source: Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (Federal Network Agency electricity market data).
- Latest
- 4,607.78 GWh
- Aug 2026
- vs previous period
- −5.6%
- Jul 2026
- vs a year earlier
- +2.0%
About this data
Monthly German electricity from the Bundesnetzagentur SMARD platform: generation by energy source, total and residual load, and the volume weighted day-ahead wholesale price. Months still in progress are cut, so every observation is a completed calendar month in Berlin time.
