For the first time, the most important energy source is wind power, in the first quarter of the year. The share of wind power in the total amount of electricity produced in Germany reached 34.9 percent. Renewable energies in total were fed into the electricity grid at a level of 72.3 billion kilowatt hours, which amounts to more alternative electricity than that generated from conventional energy sources. The share of renewable energies is now 51.2 percent.