page_title: Solar power in Germany
section_title: Statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Solar power in Germany / Statistics
caption_attribution_description: English: Levelized cost of electricity generation for Germany in EuroCent/kWh, source: Fraunhofer ISE, March 2018
context_page_description: Solar power in Germany consists almost exclusively of photovoltaics and accounted for an estimated 8.2 percent of the country's gross-electricity generation in 2019.
  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.
  Germany has been among the world's top PV installer for several years, with total installed capacity amounting to 41.3 gigawatts 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Comparison of renewable technologies and conventional power plants in Germany in EuroCent per kWh (2018)[34]
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