Plug-in solar panels accounted for 200 megawatts (MW) of added photovoltaic (PV) power capacity in Germany in the first half of 2024, pv magazine reports, citing data from the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).

BNetzA, which has simplified registration of plug-in solar devices, recorded around 220,000 new systems installed in the first half of the year. The average registered gross capacity of these systems has increased from 800 W last year to around 900 W this year, the agency said. A total of 9.3 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy systems were commissioned in the first six months of the year, a 5.3 percent increase since the end of 2023.

The number of plug-in PV systems — dubbed “balcony power plants” — surpassed 400,000 earlier this year. Pointing to its simplified registration process, introduced in April, BNetzA said it expected data from the plug-in PV sector to be significantly better than in the previous year.

Of the 9.3 GW of renewables added this year, around 7.55 GW are attributable to photovoltaics. “We are seeing a continuous expansion, especially in solar systems,” said BNetzA president Klaus Müller. Since the end of 2023, nearly ten percent more solar power has been added, Müller noted. Two-thirds of that are attributable to PV systems on buildings, including plug-in solar devices.

Source: ECEEE

 

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