Renewable power capacity

Installed capacity of solar, onshore wind, biomass and hydro power in operation per resident, where the units stand. Capacity, not generation: a kilowatt of wind yields about twice as much electricity in a year as a kilowatt of solar. Over time: the units in operation at the end of each year, the last point at the register’s newest state, per resident of 2023. Wind turbines taken down before the register began (2019) are often missing: the early years are too low, before 2010 markedly.

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The latest figures: Renewable power capacity (kW per person)
AreaPeriodFigureTen years before
Germany20262.581.16 (2016)
Schleswig-Holstein20265.472.69 (2016)
Hamburg20260.260.09 (2016)
Niedersachsen20263.501.74 (2016)
Bremen20260.600.34 (2016)
Nordrhein-Westfalen20261.500.56 (2016)
Hessen20261.500.61 (2016)
Rheinland-Pfalz20262.791.35 (2016)
Baden-Württemberg20261.820.71 (2016)
Bayern20263.201.35 (2016)
Saarland20261.890.75 (2016)
Berlin20260.170.04 (2016)
Brandenburg20267.943.88 (2016)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern20266.563.09 (2016)
Sachsen20261.940.79 (2016)
Sachsen-Anhalt20265.853.44 (2016)
Thüringen20262.771.40 (2016)

What is measured

Unit
kW per person
Coverage
2000–2026, Germany, the states and the districts

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