Renewable electricity generation in Germany in GWh (million kWh) Year Hydro Wind Biomass Photovoltaics 2018 17974 109951 50851 45784 2017 20150 105693 50917 39401 2016 20546 79924 50928 38098 2015 18977 80624 50326 38726 2014 19587 58497 48287 36056 2013 22998 52737 45513 31010 2012 21755 51680 43203 26380 2011 17671 49857 36891 19599 2010 20953 38547 33924 11729 2009 19031 39420 30886 6583 2008 20443 41385 28014 4420 2007 21170 40507 24616 3075 2006 20031 31324 18934 2220 2005 19638 27774 14706 1282 2004 20745 26019 10636 557 2003 18322 19087 8948 313 2002 23124 16102 6048 162 2001 22733 10719 5214 76 2000 21732 9703 4731 60 1999 19647 5639 3585 30 1998 17216 4579 3256 35 1997 17357 3025 2273 18 1996 21957 2073 2098 12 1995 21780 1530 2010 7 1994 19930 927 1875 7 1993 17878 612 1635 3 1992 17397 281 1558 4 1991 14891 102 1471 1 1990 17426 72 1435 1