Germany installed over 1.4 GW of new solar PV capacity in December 2024
This comprises 559.8 MW of EEG-subsidized rooftop solar PV systems
The country’s Market Master Data Register pegs the country’s aggregate capacity at 99.19 GW
The Federal Network Agency or Bundesnetzagentur of Germany has released the detailed year-end data of the country’s renewable energy capacity additions for the month of December 2024, pegging the solar PV capacity as 1.438 GW.
The country’s 2024 solar PV additions totaled 16.179 GW, contributing to the cumulative of 99.19 GW as of December 31, 2024. With this, the agency has confirmed the statistics it shared earlier this month (see Germany Exits 2024 With 16.2 GW New Solar PV Installed Capacity).
Of the annual additions, the largest chunk of 3.96 GW was reported for Bayern, followed by 2.136 GW in Nordrhein-Westfalen, and 2.132 GW in Baden-Württemberg.
Solar PV additions for the month of December 2024, as registered in the agency’s Market Master Data Register, represent an improvement over 1.084 GW installed in November 2024 and 1.15 GW deployed in December 2023.
Most of the capacity in December last year with 559.8 MW came from the EEG-backed rooftop solar systems, representing a significant downfall from the previous month when the additions totaled 623.4 MW. In fact, the December numbers are the lowest for this segment for any month this year, according to the data collated till January 13, 2025.
Ground-mounted solar systems under the EEG tender scheme brought online 541.4 MW, an increase over 345.6 MW in the previous month. Another 226.9 MW was contributed by the unsubsidized ground-mounted solar systems category.
German solar energy association BSW-Solar started the year by announcing the 100 GW milestone achievement for the country’s aggregate solar PV capacity, split into 38 GW of residential, 29 GW commercial, 32 GW ground mounted and 700 MW of plug-in-solar (see Germany Exceeds 100 GW Solar PV Capacity Milestone, Says BSW-Solar).
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