Germany’s most common electricity source comes from wind power, ranking 6th on the list of wind electricity consumption

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1. They also rank 4th for solar and 8th for other renewable energy (biomass/geothermal). Note that this is electricity production, not overall energy production.

   Found [here](https://dewesoft.com/daq/countries-electricity-source)

2. With backups running on russian gas.

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4. In the first quarter of 2021 it was actually coal. [source](https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2021/06/PD21_275_43312.html#:~:text=W%C3%A4hrend%20der%20Strom%20im%201,Energietr%C3%A4gern%20um%2018%2C9%20%25.)

5. The title is misleading. The ranking is about sources of renewable energy electricity, so it does not include gas, coal or nuclear.

6. Misleading post. It clearly says renewables

7. Read further – that’s the top source of *renewable* energy for electricity. Not the top source (it may be the top source, but that’s not what this chart is about). Note that the top source for the US is also wind .

   And that the only choices are solar, hydro, wind, or other renewable.

8. Its coal for germany, this is fake news

9. Very interesting discussion

10. This is once again a biased source – Germany’s in country generation might be majority wind, but renewable sources only account for a fraction of the power used by Germany. The main source of German power is still coal, although it is generated in neighbouring countries

11. Germany has been decommissioning wind turbines for a decade and not replacing them. Germany has been compromised by the stazi agents like mattias warning.

12. “Most common RENEWABLE electricity source”

    We still burn get a lot more energy from coal and gas unfortunately. Except when it’s REALLY windy.

13. I wonder what the other renewable sources are