Solar power in Germany
Solar power accounted for an estimated 15% of electricity production in Germany in 2024, up from 1.9% in 2010 and less than 0.1% in 2000. [2][3][4][5] Germany has been among the world''s top
Solar power is a crucial driving factor in both Hamburg and all of Germany to reach these renewable energy transition goals. Along with wind power and the generation of energy from biomass, solar power is one of the most important sources of clean, environmentally friendly, renewable energy.
In 2004, Germany was the first country, together with Japan, to reach 1 GW of cumulative installed PV capacity. Since 2004 solar power in Germany has been growing considerably due to the country's feed-in tariffs for renewable energy, which were introduced by the German Renewable Energy Sources Act, and declining PV costs.
The German solar industry reached a milestone at the start of the year, as the total capacity of all installed solar power systems surpassed 100 gigawatts (GW), according industry association BSW Solar.
By 2011, solar PV provided 18 TWh of Germany's electricity, or about 3% of the total. That year the federal government set a target of 66 GW of installed solar PV capacity by 2030, to be reached with an annual increase of 2.5–3.5 GW, and a goal of 80% of electricity from renewable sources by 2050.
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