Solar power in Germany
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Germany is the world's top photovoltaics (PV) installer, accounting for almost half of the global solar power market in 2007. The country has a feed-in tariff for renewable electricity, which requires utilities to pay customers a guaranteed rate for any solar power they feed into the grid. Germans installed about 1,300 megawatts of new PV capacity in 2007, up from 850 megawatts in 2006, for a cumulative total exceeding 3,830 megawatts.[1] As capacity has risen, installed PV system costs have been cut in half between 1997 and 2007. Solar power now meets about 1 percent of Germany's electricity demand, a share that some market analysts expect could reach 25 percent by 2050.[1]
| DC Peak Power | Location | Description | MW·h/year | Capacity factor | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 MW | Muldentalkreis | 550,000 thin-film modules (see Waldpolenz Solar Park) |
40,000 MW·h | 0.11 | 51°19′43″N 12°39′20″E / 51.32861°N 12.65556°E |
| 12 MW | Arnstein | 1408 SOLON mover (see Erlasee Solar Park) |
14,000 MW·h | 0.13 | 50°0′10″N 9°55′15″E / 50.00278°N 9.92083°E |
| 10 MW | Pocking | 57,912 solar modules (see Pocking Solar Park) |
11,500 MW·h | 0.13 | 48°22′4″N 13°17′55″E / 48.36778°N 13.29861°E |
| 6.3 MW | Mühlhausen | 57,600 solar modules (see Bavaria Solarpark) |
6,750 MW·h | 0.12 | 49°09′29″N 11°25′59″E / 49.15806°N 11.43306°E |
| 5 MW | Bürstadt | 30,000 BP Solar modules | 4,200 MW·h | 0.10 | 49°39′N 8°28′E / 49.65°N 8.467°E |
| 5 MW | Espenhain | 33,500 Shell Solar modules | 5,000 MW·h | 0.11 | 51°12′N 12°31′E / 51.2°N 12.517°E |
| 4 MW | Merseburg | 25,000 BP solar modules (see Geiseltalsee Solarpark) |
3,400 MW·h | 0.10 | 51°22′N 12°0′E / 51.367°N 12°E |
| 4 MW | Gottelborn | 50,000 solar modules | 8,200 MW·h | 0.23 | 49°21′N 7°2′E / 49.35°N 7.033°E |
| 4 MW | Hemau | 32,740 solar modules | 3,900 MW·h | 0.11 | 49°3′N 11°47′E / 49.05°N 11.783°E |
| 3.3 MW | Dingolfing | Solara, Sharp and Kyocera solar modules | 3,050 MW·h | 0.11 | 48°38′N 12°30′E / 48.633°N 12.5°E |
| 1.9 MW | Guenching | Sharp solar modules (see Bavaria Solarpark) |
- | 49°16′N 11°34′E / 49.267°N 11.567°E | |
| 1.9 MW | Minihof | Sharp solar modules (see Bavaria Solarpark) |
- | n.a. |
The capacity factors are relatively low due to the low insolation for most of Germany, about 80-90 W/m2, about the same as for England.
[edit] See also
- German Renewable Energy Sources Act
- Feed-in tariffs in Germany
- Wind power in Germany
- Solar power in the European Union
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Cloudy Germany a Powerhouse in Solar Energy, Washington Post, 2007
- Southern Germany develops its PV Capacities
- Cloudy Germany unlikely hotspot for solar power
- Germany's sunny revolution
- World's Biggest Solar Plant Goes Online in Germany
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