Carsten Körnig

Around 240,000 new modules were linked to the grid last year according to preliminary results from BSW

Germany's renewable energy sector has actually stated new federal government plans to more than triple the PV capacity included in next year's auctions do not go far sufficient in sustaining long-term solar implementation.

Germany's solar developers almost set up 5GW of brand-new PV ability this year, after a further 525MW added in December alone.

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.

Big solar parks granted agreements under Germany's tender plan can shed financing otherwise brought online on schedule. The country's solar profession body thinks the federal government must quadruple its yearly PV implementation target regardless of an awaited coronavirus-related respite in roll-out.

The new. more ambitious target is part of a climate protection program Berlin is now defining. The solar sector believes, however, 98 GW will not be enough to ensure the country’s energy transition.

The German government has acted to remove a key hurdle to solar growth, in a deal hammered out as pressure for bold climate policies builds in the country’s streets and legislative chambers.

Germany must embrace renewables and energy storage at an unprecedented scale if it hopes to offset the void left behind by coal and nuclear phase-outs, a new study has said.