Germany installed power plant capacity: coal, gas, nuclear, hydro
Installed electricity generation capacity of German conventional power plants and hydropower at year end, in GW, from Fraunhofer ISE's energy-charts: nuclear (zero after the April 2023 phase-out), lignite, hard coal, natural gas, oil, other non-renewable sources, run-of-river hydro and pumped storage.
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |
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| Nuclear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 8.11 | 8.11 | 9.52 | 9.52 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 12.08 | 12.08 | 12.08 | 12.08 | 21.52 | 21.52 | 21.6 | 21.33 | 21.23 | 21.41 | 21.47 | 22.11 | 23.61 | |
| Lignite (brown coal) | 14.78 | 15.17 | 18.36 | 18.54 | 19.84 | 20.71 | 21.06 | 21.06 | 21.06 | 21.06 | 21.06 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 21.16 | 19.98 | 21.32 | 21.1 | 21.02 | 21.16 | 20.51 | 20.64 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 20.3 | |
| Hard coal | 15.21 | 15.39 | 18.26 | 18.33 | 18.36 | 23.06 | 22.03 | 23.3 | 24.59 | 27.02 | 28.26 | 25.8 | 25.59 | 24.8 | 25.35 | 28.35 | 27.29 | 27.87 | 27.5 | 26.96 | 27.64 | 30.4 | 28.62 | 28.29 | |
| Natural gas | 35.35 | 35.68 | 35.73 | 34.06 | 31.93 | 31.12 | 30.49 | 30.65 | 30.35 | 29.98 | 28.69 | 28.95 | 27.74 | 26.6 | 26.21 | 23.76 | 23.15 | 22.76 | 21.3 | 21.2 | 20.62 | 19.38 | 19.53 | 20.3 | |
| Oil | 3.58 | 3.71 | 4.32 | 4.38 | 4.38 | 4.56 | 4.58 | 4.53 | 4.8 | 5.04 | 4.91 | 4.83 | 4.81 | 4.79 | 4.79 | 5.86 | 5.15 | 5.35 | 5.45 | 5.49 | 5.46 | 5.64 | 5.06 | 5.3 | |
| Other non-renewable | 2.45 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.38 | 2.38 | 2.37 | 2.32 | 2.33 | 2.31 | 2.31 | 2.35 | 2.32 | ||||||||||
| Hydropower2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hydropower (run-of-river) | 5.42 | 5.42 | 5.41 | 5.41 | 5.3 | 5.36 | 5.35 | 5.34 | 5.33 | 5.31 | 5.3 | 5.29 | 5.28 | 5.21 | 5.17 | 5.41 | 5.34 | 5.16 | 5.14 | 5.19 | 5.21 | 5.19 | 4.95 | 4.94 | |
| Hydro pumped storage | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9.86 | 9.48 | 9.47 | 9.47 | 9.27 | 9.27 | 9.27 | 9.27 |
Latest reading
Lignite (brown coal) stood at 14.78 GW in 2025. That is −2.6% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 2002 to 2025. Source: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE – energy-charts.info.
- Latest
- 14.78 GW
- 2025
- vs previous period
- −2.6%
- 2024
About this data
Installed electricity generation capacity of German conventional power plants and hydropower at year end, in GW, from Fraunhofer ISE's energy-charts: nuclear (zero after the April 2023 phase-out), lignite, hard coal, natural gas, oil, other non-renewable sources, run-of-river hydro and pumped storage. Legal expansion targets for future years are deliberately excluded.
