Germany set up 25 percent much more planetary systems in 2020 compared to 2019

• In 2020, around 25 percent a lot more solar systems were set up in Germany than in the previous year. Market growth would certainly be in between 4.6 and 4.8 GW, up from around 3.8 GW in 2019, according to a projection by the German Solar Industry Association (BSW) after assessing initial figures from last year.

According to the data, no other type of energy expanded a lot more strongly in electrical energy generation than photovoltaics. Almost every tenth kilowatt hr eaten in Germany last year came from solar power.

Need in the home heating field also transformed positive after years of decrease. According to BSW quotes, sales of solar heating systems picked up in 2020. In the very first 3 quarters of the year, the Federal Office of Economics and also Export Control taped a threefold increase in the variety of applications for aids for solar thermal systems compared to the same period last year.

The solar market also sees good conditions for additional growth in 2021: "We expect the German government to substantially enhance environment targets and the speed of solarization prior to the German parliamentary elections" in September. "The pace of installment could be doubled quickly," states BSW CEO Carsten Körnig.

According to the organization, an increasing to tripling of the yearly growth price for photovoltaics would additionally be needed to stop a power generation gap. Market researchers expect this to take place in just 2 to 3 years as a result of existing choices to phase out nuclear power as well as coal, in addition to a near increase popular for electrical energy. Most lately, researchers at Fraunhofer ISE determined at the start of December that the growth of photovoltaics - depending on consumer behavior - would need to be accelerated to around 10 to 15 GW yearly in the future in order to achieve environment targets (CO2 reduction of 55 percent by 2030).

Generally, net electricity generation (gross electrical power generation minus nuclear power plant' own usage) fell by 6.2 percent in 2020 compared with 2019 to 537.8 billion kilowatt hrs. The share of renewable resources enhanced by 4.2 percent year-on-year to 245 billion kilowatt-hours in 2020. The share of fossil power sources fell by 13.2 percent, while nuclear power recorded a decline of 14.4 percent. These are the searchings for of the annual report released in December by the German Association of Energy and also Water Industries (BDEW).

According to preliminary numbers from the lobby of the German power and power industry, photovoltaic or pv systems with a capability of 53.3 GW were mounted in Germany at the end of 2020 (2019: 49 GW). These produced 50.4 billion kilowatt hours of electrical power, 11.8 percent greater than in the previous year (45.1 billion kilowatt hours). Growth in offshore wind power was 11.2 percent. Onshore wind power generation was 4.2 percent higher than the previous year, remaining to generate the most electrical energy from renewables at 105.3 billion kilowatt-hours.