Germany Installed 6.26GW Of Solar Power In The First Half Of The Year

Germany installed more than 1 GW of new PV systems in June alone, and the cumulative PV installed capacity reached 73.8 GW by the end of the first half of this year.

Germany's Federal Power grid regulator (Bundesnetzagentur) reported that newly registered PV systems reached 1046.8 MW in June. 1040 MW will be added in May 2023 and 437 MW in June 2022.

In the first half of this year, new PV capacity in Germany reached 6.26 GW, up from about 2.36 GW in the same period last year. As of the end of June, the cumulative installed PV capacity was 73.8 GW, distributed in about 3.14 million PV systems.

Bavaria saw the largest increase this year, with about 1.6 GW in the first half, by North Rhine-Westphalia (971 MW) and Baden-Wurttemberg (nearly 833 MW).