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Germany is the largest producer of renewable electricity in Europe. Electricity production from renewable sources (RES-E) amounted to 206 TWh in 2017, out of 602 TWh total electricity production (including nuclear and fossil). Wind accounted for 50% of RES-E generation, followed by Biomass and Solar.
Due to restrictions on the issuance of GOs from production devices receiving support (e.g. feed-in tariffs and feed-in premium), Germany only issued GOs corresponding to 8% of renewable electricity production in ...