Germany added 745.9 MW of recent photo voltaic capability to its grid in February and put 142.8 MW of onshore wind parks into operation, in response to information printed by the Federal Community Company this week.
Total, Germany’s photo voltaic capability grew by 1.6 GW within the first two months of the yr because the determine for the brand new installations in January was revised to 873.7 MW from the preliminary estimate of 780 MW.
The information reveals the subsidy-free photo voltaic crops that went on-line in February had been 151.6 MW with 141.7 MW of it being attributable to ground-mounted installations. This by far exceeds the extent from January when the installations arrange with out a subsidy below the EEG scheme totalled solely 34.9 MW and 25.3 MW of this capability had been rooftop techniques.
The bottom-mounted photo voltaic crops that had been constructed with an award from the tenders had a mixed capability of 105.3 MW in February, whereas new subsidised rooftop photo voltaic installations totalled 8.4 MW.
With 142.8 MW of web new additions, the enlargement of onshore wind recovered in February from the low within the earlier month however it’s nonetheless far behind the focused price. One of many main hurdles to the acceleration is the approval course of for brand new tasks. Germany will tender 12.84 GW of onshore wind this yr and with a view to allocate your complete capability, tasks of a minimum of 10 GW in complete should be authorized by the top of the yr, in response to trade affiliation BWE. Within the first two months of the yr, permits had been granted for the set up of 122 generators with a mixed capability of 696.3 MW, based mostly on the information from the Federal Community Company.
| Web new additions in MW | Photo voltaic | Onshore wind | Offshore wind |
| January | 873.7 | 62.5 | 38.1 |
| February | 745.9 | 142.8 | 38.1 |
| Complete | 1,619.6 | 205.3 | 76.2 |
As of end-February, Germany had 69.06 GW of photo voltaic, 58.25 GW of onshore wind and eight.2 GW of offshore wind in operation.
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