Germany installed 1.562 GW of new solar PV capacity in November 2025, higher than in November 2024
Ground-mounted projects dominated with 955.9 MW added, while rooftop and balcony solar installations fell month-on-month
Total additions reached 14.75 GW for January–November 2025, lifting cumulative capacity above 115.32 GW
Germany added 1.562 GW of new solar PV capacity in November 2025, according to data from the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). This compares with 1.23 GW installed in November 2024, which is similar to the capacity added in October 2025 (1.23 GW).
Installations during the reporting month were driven by ground-mounted facilities. A total of 171 such projects contributed a combined 955.9 MW to the month’s tally. This is an improvement over 676.4 MW in October 2025.
Rooftop solar additions continued to decline, totaling 444.8 MW for the month, down from 527.5 MW in October, which itself was down from 592.1 MW in September 2025.
Plug-and-play or balcony solar system additions of 25.3 MW (18,277 units) also represented a drop from 30.3 MW (22,662 units) in the previous month.
Between January 2025 and November 2025, Germany’s new PV additions totaled 14.75 GW, thanks to over 2 GW of new registrations in August in the agency’s Market Master Data Register.
With this, the country’s cumulative solar PV installations now exceed 115.32 GW. Yet, monthly installations are not enough to meet its 215 GW solar PV target for 2030. The required capacity is over 1.6 GW/month.
Nevertheless, SolarPower Europe expects Germany to continue leading the EU in solar installations, projecting 17.6 GW for the country to exit with this year, almost at par with 17.6 GW in the previous year. The next big market is likely to be Spain, with 9.2 GW (see EU Solar Growth Slows With First Annual Dip Since 2016).