If you restrict your news flow to the popular media, the propaganda would have renewable power on the skids.
Due to a confluence of events, today marks a turning point, a first, the first of many to come.
Today Germany obtains all of its power from renewables. English translation, courtesy of Google.
The unusual confluence is 1) an aggressive green policy, 2) a German holiday, Pentecost Monday, and 3) the sun shines. Holidays reduce load dramatically, and today the weather in Berlin is clear and sunny.
Needless to say, an aggressive photovoltaic and wind power policy by a leading economic player is the key item that made it possible.
Let me credit Juan Cole who pointed out this article.