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What is Germany's photovoltaic strategy?

In a current legislative draft, the Photovoltaic Strategy of Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection aims to promote the construction of PV in co-used areas , including parking, floating, and agricultural PV (agri PV). Floating PV describes the use of water bodies for PV installations.

What is the potential of floating PV in Germany?

For current legislation, the potential of floating PV in Germany is 4.7 GW (p) but shows a high sensitivity towards the considered water bodies and allowed area coverage of the water bodies. Parking PV has a potential of up to 24.6 GW (p), depending on the minimum number of required parking spaces.

Are Agri PV potentials higher in Germany than in Germany?

Review of existing potential analyses for parking, floating, and agri PV globally. Potential analyses for Germany with reproducible methodology and data publication. Widely spread agri PV potentials over Germany are higher than the German PV targets. Lower potentials for parking and floating PV with stronger local concentration.

Will Agri PV be able to expand in Germany in 2040?

Regarding the PV expansion targets of 400 GW (p) until 2040 in Germany, parking PV could have a maximal contribution of 6.15% and floating PV only 1.18% for the current legislation, whereas agri PV shows higher potentials than the defined targets.

How many PV systems were installed in Germany in 2024?

The total cumulative installations amounted to about 2,156.5 GWp according to IEA-PVPS at the end of year 2024; IRENA reports 1,858.6 GWp. All percentages are related to global installed PV capacity, including off-grid systems. At the end of 2024, about 4.8 million grid-connected PV systems were installed in Germany.

How many open-field PV plants are in operation in Germany?

For Germany as the region examined in the analysis, currently (October 2023), around 22 GW (p) of open-field PV plants are in operation , which is approximately in the range of parking PV potential on existing parking lots with more than 35 parking lots.