Germany added an impressive 16,179 MW of new solar capacity in 2024, a 7% growth year-over-year, according to data published by the Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur. The installations in 2024 were the highest in a year recorded to date in Germany.

The country added 14.2 GW of solar capacity in 2023, nearly doubling from 7.45 GW in 2022.

With this addition, the country’s total operational capacity reached 99.2 GW. According to the German government’s Renewable Energy Sources Act program, the cumulative solar installation target by the end of 2024 was 88 GW.

In Q4 2024, Germany added 4.2 GW of solar capacity. The installations for October totaled 1,649 MW, November (1,084 MW), and December (1,439 MW).

Of the total installations in Q4 2024, 774.1 MW were unsubsidized, comprising 702 MW of ground-mounted and 72.1 MW of rooftop solar installations.

The state of Bavaria added 3,943 MW of solar capacity, the highest in the country. North Rhine-Westphalia followed with 2,130 MW, Baden-Wuerttemberg with 2,126 MW, Lower Saxony with 1,571 MW, and Brandenburg with 1,320 MW.

Mercom reported that Germany installed 3.4 GW of solar power capacity in the third quarter of 2024, a 17% year-over-year decrease from 4.1 GW. The July, August, and September solar installations were 1,519 MW, 906 MW, and 960 MW, respectively.

The Federal Network Agency also awarded contracts for 6,526 MW of ground-mounted solar projects and 779.4 MW of rooftop solar systems during the year.

Germany targets adding 128 GW of solar capacity by 2026, 172 GW by 2028, and 215 GW by 2030. The monthly solar installation target until 2030 is 1,608 MW.

 

 

 

In August 2024, Germany’s Federal Network Agency invited bids for 258 MW of rooftop solar systems. This tender was for the second phase of Germany’s target to procure 900 MW of solar systems through three rounds in 2024 under the Renewable Energy Act. Germany expects to tender 1,100 MW annually from 2025-2029.