New solar and wind power plants have driven green power feed-in in the co-grid area to a record high. About 15 terawatt hours were generated in 2022, up from 13.2 terawatt hours the previous year, the grid operator reported Wednesday. In arithmetical terms, this meant that significantly more electricity was generated from renewable energy sources than was consumed in the region. To keep pace with the energy transition, however, Mitnetz must increase its investments in the power grid. This year, 343 million euros are planned, and by 2024 it should be over 400 million euros.
"Here in the region, we are ten years ahead of the energy turnaround," said Mitnetz Managing Director Dirk Sattur. On 285 days last year, he said, surplus electricity was released into the supra-regional grid - for consumers in southern Germany, for example.
Mitnetz's territory covers parts of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg, as well as two areas in Thuringia. However, the amount of electricity generated from renewables in final consumption varies by region. While Brandenburg came according to the data last on a more than three times as high ratio (315 percent), the value in Saxony-Anhalt was 142 percent and in Saxony with 53 percent only slightly above the national average (48 percent).
