Fifty percent a million planetary systems could be closed down too soon by 2030 in Germany

• Within the next ten years, as much as 447,000 still working solar energy plants in Germany are intimidated with closure if the present draft law on the change of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) is stuck to. According to a research study by EUPD Research in support of the solar and also storage market, "most of operators will certainly switch off their solar power systems as soon as they are no more eligible for aids after 20 years, as their continued operation will then no more pay".

Factor is the planned commitment to mount expensive gauging innovation as well as the financial worry of the EEG levy on the solar energy consumed. The ongoing operation of these solar energy plants would be feasible for at the very least an additional 10 years as well as would make good sense from a climate plan point of view, according to the specialists.

In the opinion of the solar sector and grid drivers, the retrofitting of expensive dimension modern technology for little planetary systems intended by the Federal Ministry of Economics is disproportionate and also without added worth for grid stability.

EUPD projections that around 3.37 GW of solar power will be closed down prematurely by 2030. This would certainly indicate a loss of production of 26 billion kilowatt hrs of solar energy. This would represent the annual electricity consumption of around ten million German houses.