Germany renewable electricity in transport
Germany renewable electricity in transport stood at 10,329 GWh in 2025, according to German Environment Agency (UBA) / Working Group on Renewable Energy Statistics (AGEE-Stat). It is one of the indicators in the Renewable energy: shares, investment and avoided emissions table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1990 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Renewable energy: shares, investment and avoided emissions table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renewable electricity in transport2 | 10,329 | 9,222 | 8,102 | 6,524 | 5,366 | 5,237 | 4,898 | 4,581 | 4,329 | 3,732 | |
| Renewable road electricity | 4,010 | 3,214 | 1,972 | 1,137 | 578 | ||||||
| Renewable rail electricity | 6,319 | 6,008 | 6,130 | 5,387 | 4,788 |
Understanding germany renewable electricity in transport
Total power drawn from renewable sources across electrified transit systems and road vehicles constitutes this transport series, expressed in gigawatt-hours. The scope includes all green electricity delivered to mainline rail, urban light rail, and battery-powered road transport. It excludes liquid biofuels, biogenic gases, synthetic fuels, and the fossil component of the underlying grid supply. Unlike its child row for rail electricity, which isolates dedicated traction networks, this parent aggregate merges heavy rail consumption with road charging. Relative to sibling rows covering biogenic transport fuels, this figure depends directly on the renewable proportion of the national electricity grid applied to transport power demand.
Because data are published annually, year-on-year tracking is the standard baseline, smoothing out seasonal swings in passenger transit, weather-related freight volumes, and solar or wind power availability. Initial annual releases rely on preliminary grid mix calculations and modeled vehicle mileage, making retroactive revisions standard once audited utility settlements and official transport surveys finalize. Analysts should avoid conflating this physical consumption metric with regulatory compliance figures that multiply electric road mileage to meet quota obligations. Furthermore, fluctuations can stem from changes in overall transport energy demand, shifts between vehicle categories, or adjustments in the nationwide renewable power share.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series include power consumed by private electric cars?
- Yes, it includes renewable power supplied to private and commercial road vehicles alongside public rail systems.
- How is the renewable portion of transport electricity determined?
- The value is derived by applying the renewable share of the general power system to total electricity consumed across transport modes.
- Why does this figure differ from fuel quota compliance totals?
- Compliance accounting often applies statutory weighting multipliers to electric transport, whereas this series records solely actual physical energy in gigawatt-hours.