a massive twenty percent on the previous year to around one hundred fifty four billion kilowatt hours of electricity and one of the reasons for that sort of performance was down to plain old good luck with the weather. power utility eon says the stormy weather germany experience last autumn meant wind turbines were running at full capacity better half of the south of the country enjoyed plenty of sunshine in the spring and summer the favorable weather conditions meant more green electricity was being produced than ever before. as a result we're newell's share of overall german power generation increased last year to a third of the overall power mix but coal is still king in germany at thirty seven percent far more than other sources such as gas and nuclear. for nearly two decades the german government has pushed ahead with where new all energy it puts up twenty five billion euros annually to subsidize wind water and solar power this