Solar power in Germany - Wikipedia Solar power in Germany Solar power Germany 2016 fact sheet : electricity generation, development, investments, capacity, employment and the public opinion. Electricity by source in 2014 Nuclear : 80 TWh ( 14.8 % ) Brown coal : 134.9 TWh ( 24.9 % ) Hard coal : 99.4 TWh ( 18.3 % ) Natural gas : 46.4 TWh ( 8.6 % ) Wind : 77.8 TWh ( 14.4 % ) Solar : 37.5 TWh ( 6.9 % ) Biomass : 47 TWh ( 8.7 % ) Hydro : 19.1 TWh ( 3.5 % ) Net generated electricity in 2014 Solar power in Germany consists almost exclusively of photovoltaics ( PV ) and accounted for an estimated 6.2 to 6.9 percent of the country 's net - electricity generation in 2016. About 1.5 million photovoltaic systems were installed around the country in 2014, ranging from small rooftop systems, to medium commercial and large utility - scale solar parks. Germany 's largest solar farms are located in Meuro, Neuhardenberg, and Templin with capacities over 100 MW. Solar heating does not use solar energy for power generation and is therefore not included in this article. Germany has been amongst the world 's top PV installer for several years, with total installed capacity amounting to 41.3 gigawatts ( GW ) by the end of 2016, behind only China. However, new installations of PV systems have declined steadily since the record year of 2011. It 's estimated that by 2017 over 70 % of the country 's jobs in the solar industry have been lost in the solar sector in recent years. Proponents from the PV industry blame the lack of governmental commitment, while others point out the financial burden associated with the fast paced roll - out of photovoltaics, rendering the transition to renewable energies unsustainable in their view. Germany 's official governmental goal is to continuously increase renewables ' contribution to the country 's overall electricity consumption. Long - term minimum targets are 35 % by 2020, 50 % by 2030 and 80 % by 2050. The country is increasingly producing more electricity at specific times with high solar irradiation than it needs, driving down spot - market prices and exporting its surplus of electricity to its neighboring countries, with a record exported surplus of 34 TWh in 2014. A decline in spot - prices may however raise the electricity prices for retail customers, as the spread of the guaranteed feed - in tariff and spot - price increases as well. As the combined share of fluctuating wind and solar is approaching 17 percent on the national electricity mix, other issues are becoming more pressing and others more feasible. These include adapting the electrical grid, constructing new grid - storage capacity, dismantling and altering fossil and nuclear power plants -- brown coal and nuclear power are the country 's cheapest suppliers of electricity, according to today 's calculations -- and to construct a new generation of combined heat and power plants. Concentrated solar power ( CSP ), a solar power technology that does not use photovoltaics, has virtually no significance for Germany, as this technology demands much higher solar insolation. There is, however, a 1.5 MW experimental CSP - plant used for on - site engineering purposes rather than for commercial electricity generation, the Jülich Solar Tower owned by the German Aerospace Center. Contents 1 Timeline 2 Governmental policies 2.1 Grid capacity and stability issues 3 Potential 4 Statistics 4.1 Generation 4.2 PV capacity by federal states 5 Photovoltaic power stations 6 Gallery 7 Companies 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Timeline Price of solar PV systems History of PV roof - top prices in euros per kilowatt ( € / kW ). 2013 Since 2013, the number of new installations declined significantly due to more restrictive governmental policies. 2012 More than 7 GW of PV capacity had been installed annually during the record years of 2010, 2011 and 2012. For this period, the installed capacity of 22.5 GW represented almost 30 percent of the worldwide deployed photovoltaics. On midday of Saturday May 26, 2012, solar energy provided over 40 % of total electricity consumption in Germany, and 20 % for the 24h - day. 2011 Germany was one of the first countries to deploy grid - scale PV power. 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. Prices of PV systems decreased more than 50 % in 5 years since 2006. Solar PV provided 18 TWh of electricity in 2011, about 3 % of total electricity. The federal government has 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. In 2004, it was the first country, together with Japan, to reach 1 GW of cumulative installed PV capacity. Governmental policies Further information : Feed - in tariffs in Germany and German Renewable Energy Sources Act Feed - in tariff for rooftop solar 10 20 30 40 50 60 2001 2005 2015 History of German feed - in tariffs in ¢ / kWh for rooftop solar of less than 10 kW since 2001. For 2016, it amounted to 12.31 ¢ / kWh. As of 2012, the feed - in tariff ( FiT ) costs about € 14 billion ( US $18 billion ) per year for wind and solar installations. The cost is spread across all rate - payers in a surcharge of 3.6 € ct ( 4.6 ¢ ) per kWh ( approximately 15 % of the total domestic cost of electricity ). On the other hand, as expensive peak power plants are displaced, the price at the power exchange is reduced due to the so - called merit order effect. Germany set a world record for solar power production with 25.8 GW produced at midday on April 20 and April 21, 2015. According to the solar power industry, a feed - in tariff is the most effective means of developing solar power. It is the same as a power purchase agreement, but is at a much higher rate. As the industry matures, it is reduced and becomes the same as a power purchase agreement. A feed - in tariff allows investors a guaranteed return on investment - a requirement for development. A primary difference between a tax credit and a feed - in tariff is that the cost is borne the year of installation with a tax credit, and is spread out over many years with a feed - in tariff. In both cases the incentive cost is distributed over all consumers. This means that the initial cost is very low for a feed - in tariff and very high for a tax credit. In both cases the learning curve reduces the cost of installation, but is not a large contribution to growth, as grid parity is still always reached. Since the end of the boom period, national PV market has since declined significantly, due to the amendments in the German Renewable Energy Sources Act ( EEG ) that reduced feed - in tariffs and set constraints on utility - scaled installations, limiting their size to no more than 10 kW. The current version of the EEG only guarantees financial assistance as long as the overall PV capacity has not yet reached 52 GW. It also foresees to regulate annual PV growth within a range of 2.5 GW to 3.5 GW by adjusting the guaranteed fees accordingly. The legislative reforms stipulates a 40 to 45 percent share from renewable energy sources by 2025 and a 55 to 60 percent share by 2035. As of November 2016, tenants in North Rhine - Westphalia ( NRW ) will soon be able to benefit from the PV panels mounted on the buildings in which they live. The state government has introduced measures covering the self - consumption of power, allowing tenants to acquire the electricity generated onsite more cheaply than their regular utility contracts stipulate. Grid capacity and stability issues German electricity generation on May 25 and May 26, 2012 This section may be confusing or unclear to readers. Please help us clarify the section. There might be a discussion about this on the talk page. ( July 2014 ) Approximately 9 GW of photovoltaic plants in Germany are being retrofitted to shut down if the frequency increases to 50.2 Hz, indicating an excess of electricity on the grid. The frequency is unlikely to reach 50.2 Hz during normal operation, but can if Germany is exporting power to countries that suddenly experience a power failure. This leads to a surplus of generation in Germany, that is transferred to rotating load and generation, which causes system frequency to rise. This happened in 2003 and 2006. However, power failures could not have been caused by photovoltaics in 2006, as solar PV played a negligible role in the German energy mix at that time. In December 2012, the president of Germany 's `` Bundesnetzagentur '', the Federal Network Agency, stated that there is `` no indication '', that the switch to renewables is causing more power outages. Amory Lovins from the Rocky Mountain Institute wrote about the German Energiewende in 2013, calling the discussion about grid stability a `` disinformation campaign ''. Potential Solar potential Germany has about the same solar potential as Alaska, which has an average of 3.08 sun hours / day in Fairbanks. Source : NREL, based on an average of 30 years of weather data. Statistics Annual Solar Capacity Added Comparison of renewable technologies and conventional power plants in Germany in EuroCent per kWh ( 2018 ) Solar PV 's share in the overall consumed electricity grew exponentially since 1990, doubling every 1.56 years, or growing 56 % annually on average. The doubling time and growth rate differ from those of average power and installed capacity as the overall consumption also increased over time. After 2012 the increase slowed down notably. The history of Germany 's installed photovoltaic capacity, its average power output, produced electricity, and its share in the overall consumed electricity, showed a steady, exponential growth for more than two decades up to about 2012. Solar PV capacity doubled on average every 18 months in this period ; an annual growth rate of more than 50 percent. Since about 2012 growth has slowed down significantly. Generation Year Capacity ( MW ) Annual generation ( GWh ) % of gross electricity consumption 0.0002 1991 0.0002 6 0.0007 9 0.0006 1994 12 7 0.001 1995 18 7 0.001 28 12 0.002 42 18 0.003 1998 54 35 0.006 1999 70 30 0.005 2000 114 60 0.010 2001 176 76 0.013 2002 296 162 0.028 2003 435 313 0.052 1,105 557 0.091 2005 2,056 1,282 0.21 2006 2,899 2,220 0.36 2007 4,170 3,075 0.49 2008 6,120 4,420 0.72 2009 10,566 6,583 1.13 17,944 11,729 1.90 2011 25,429 19,599 3.23 2012 33,033 26,380 4.35 2013 36,337 31,010 5.13 2014 38,343 36,056 6.08 2015 39,787 38,737 6.5 Source : Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, for capacity figures and other figures Note : This table does not show net - consumption but gross electricity consumption, which includes self consumption of nuclear and coal - fire power plants. For 2014, net - consumption stands at approximately 6.9 % ( vs. 6.1 % for gross - consumption ). 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 Nationwide PV capacity in megawatts on a linear scale since 1992. Source : EPIA and Bundesnetzagentur. PV capacity by federal states Watts per capita by state in 2013 10 - 50 Watts 50 - 100 Watts 100 - 200 Watts 200 - 350 Watts 350 - 500 Watts 500 - 750 Watts > 750 Watts Germany is made up of sixteen, partly sovereign federal states or Länder. The southern states of Bavaria and Baden - Württemberg account for about half of the total, nationwide PV deployment and are also the wealthiest and most populous states after North Rhine - Westphalia. However, photovoltaic installations are widespread throughout the sixteen states and are not limited to the southern region of the country as demonstrated by a watts per capita distribution. PV capacity in MW State 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Baden - Württemberg 1,245 1,772 2,907 3,753 5,838.0 6,111.8 4,984.5 5,117.0 Bavaria 2,359 3,955 6,365 7,961 9,700.5 10,424.7 11,099.8 11,309.2 Berlin 11 19 68 50 63.2 68.6 80.5 83.9 Brandenburg 72 219 638 1,313 2,576.1 2,711.2 2,901.0 2,981.5 Bremen 5 14 30 32.3 35.3 39.9 42.2 Hamburg 7 9 27 25 32.1 35.8 36.5 36.9 Hesse 350 549 868 1,174 1,520.9 1,661.8 1,768.5 1,811.2 Lower Saxony 352 709 1,479 2,051 3,045.1 3,257.4 3,490.6 3,580.4 Mecklenburg - Vorpommern 48 88 263 455 957.7 1,098.5 1,337.9 1,414.4 North Rhine - Westphalia 617 1,046 1,925 2,601 3,582.0 3,878.5 4,234.9 4,363.7 Rhineland - Palatinate 332 504 841 1,124 1,528.2 1,670.8 1,862.2 1,920.5 Saarland 67 100 158 218 318.8 365.4 407.3 415.8 Saxony 168 288 529 836 1,280.8 1,412.3 1,575.1 1,607.5 Saxony - Anhalt 94 181 450 817 1,377.9 1,556.1 1,828.7 1,962.6 Schleswig - Holstein 159 310 695 992 1,351.5 1,407.8 1,468.6 1,498.3 Thuringia 95 159 327 467 871.7 1,013.9 1,119.9 1,187.4 Cumulative total installed 5,979 9,913 17,554 23,866 34,076.7 36,710.1 38,236.0 39,332.4 Capacity added 3,934 7,641 6,312 10,210.7 2,633.4 1,525.9 1,096.4 Photovoltaic power stations Main article : List of photovoltaic power stations Largest German photovoltaic power stations ( 20 MW or larger ) PV Power station Capacity in MW Notes Solarpark Meuro 166 70 MW completed 2011, 166 MW in 2012 Neuhardenberg Solar Park 145 Completed September 2012 Templin Solar Park 128.5 Completed September 2012 Brandenburg - Briest Solarpark 91 Commissioned in December 2011 Solarpark Finow Tower 84.7 Completed in 2010 / 2011 Eggebek Solar Park 83.6 Completed in 2011 Senftenberg Solarpark 82 Phase II and III completed 2011, another 70 MW phase planned Finsterwalde Solar Park 80.7 Phase I completed 2009, phase II and III 2010 Lieberose Photovoltaic Park 71.8 Completed in 2009 Solarpark Alt Daber 67.8 Completed in 2011 Strasskirchen Solar Park 54 Commissioned in December 2009 Walddrehna Solar Park 52.3 Completed June 2012 Waldpolenz Solar Park 52 550,000 CdTe modules. Completed December 2008 Tutow Solar Park 52 Tutow I completed in 2009, II in 2010, III in 2011 Kothen Solar Park 45 Operational since 2009 Jura Solar Park 43 Completed in 2014 Jännersdorf Solar Park 40.5 Commissioned in 2012 Fürstenwalde Solar Park 39.6 Commissioned in 2011 Reckahn Solar Park 36 Completed in 2011 Perleberg Solar Park 35 Completed in 2012 Krughütte Solar Park 29.1 Completed in 2012 Solarpark Heideblick 27.5 Completed in 2011 Solarpark Eiche 26.5 Completed in 2011 Lauingen Energy Park 25.7 Completed in 2010 Pocking Solar Park 22 Completed in March 2006 Mengkofen Solar Park 21.7 Commissioned in December 2009 Rothenburg Solar Park 20 Commissioned in 2009 Other notable photovoltaic ( PV ) power plants Name & Description Capacity in MW Location Annual yield in MWh Capacity factor Erlasee Solar Park, 1408 SOLON 12 Arnstein 14,000 0.13 50 ° 0 ′ 10 '' N 9 ° 55 ′ 15 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 50.00278 ° N 9.92083 ° E ﻿ / 50.00278 ; 9.92083 ﻿ ( Erlasee Solar Park ) Gottelborn Solar Park 8.4 Göttelborn n.a. n.a. -- Bavaria Solarpark, 57,600 solar modules 6.3 Mühlhausen 6,750 0.12 49 ° 09 ′ 29 '' N 11 ° 25 ′ 59 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 49.15806 ° N 11.43306 ° E ﻿ / 49.15806 ; 11.43306 ﻿ ( Bavaria Solarpark ) Rote Jahne Solar Park, 92,880 thin - film modules, First Solar, FS - 260, FS - 262 and FS - 265 6.0 Doberschütz 5,700 0.11 -- Bürstadt Solar Farm, 30,000 BP Solar modules 5.0 Bürstadt 4,200 0.10 49 ° 39 ′ N 8 ° 28 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 49.650 ° N 8.467 ° E ﻿ / 49.650 ; 8.467 Espenhain, 33,500 Shell Solar modules 5.0 Espenhain 5,000 0.11 51 ° 12 ′ N 12 ° 31 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.200 ° N 12.517 ° E ﻿ / 51.200 ; 12.517 Geiseltalsee Solarpark, 24,864 BP solar modules 4.0 Merseburg 3,400 0.10 51 ° 22 ′ N 12 ° 0 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.367 ° N 12.000 ° E ﻿ / 51.367 ; 12.000 ﻿ ( Geiseltalsee Solarpark ) Hemau Solar Farm, 32,740 solar modules 4.0 Hemau 3,900 0.11 49 ° 3 ′ N 11 ° 47 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 49.050 ° N 11.783 ° E ﻿ / 49.050 ; 11.783 Solara, Sharp and Kyocera solar modules 3.3 Dingolfing 3,050 0.11 48 ° 38 ′ N 12 ° 30 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 48.633 ° N 12.500 ° E ﻿ / 48.633 ; 12.500 Solarpark Herten, 11.319 Modules from Astronergy Rheinfelden 3,000 0.11 47 ° 32 ′ 39 '' N 7 ° 43 ′ 30 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 47.54417 ° N 7.72500 ° E ﻿ / 47.54417 ; 7.72500 Bavaria Solarpark, Sharp solar modules 1.9 Günching n.a. n.a. 49 ° 16 ′ N 11 ° 34 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 49.267 ° N 11.567 ° E ﻿ / 49.267 ; 11.567 ﻿ ( Bavaria Solarpark ) Bavaria Solarpark, Sharp solar modules 1.9 Minihof n.a. n.a. -- Gallery Krughütte Solar Park Rooftop solar on half - timbered house Lieberose Photovoltaic Park Solar panels on a church Eggebek Solar Park Old bunker cladded with solar Rooftop solar PV on a fire department building PV system on a barn Zugspitze, Germany 's highest situated PV system A small, roof - top mounted PV system in Bonn Rooftop photovoltaic power station in Berlin The Waldpolenz Solar Park uses thin - film CdTe - modules Erlasee was the world 's largest solar farm in 2006 / 2007 The Jülich Solar Tower, a concentrated solar power plant The Gottelborn Solar Park in front of coal - fired power plant `` Weiher III ''. 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Question: what percent of germany's energy comes from solar power
Answer: 6.2 to 6.9 percent