Germany: PV installed capacity reaches 420MW in January 2022

    Recently, the German federal grid agency Bundesnetzagentur said that Germany installed 420MW of new Solar System Home Use capacity in January. This compares to 536 MW of new PV capacity added in January 2021.

    The segment of PV systems below 300 kW, which is subject to the feed-in tariff system, remained the main driver of the market, with about 216.4 MW installed. For PV installations with a capacity between 300 and 750 kW, developers can choose between a lower feed-in tariff or an auction system, which totaled just 12.7 MW in January.

    Due to strong growth in recent months, all regulated tariffs on PV installations will be cut by a further 1.4% and will be between €0.0653 and €0.0496/kWh, depending on the size of the system. For other systems with dimensions less than or equal to 100kW, the flat rate is 0.046 EUR/kWh.

    As of the end of January, the cumulative capacity of all PV systems in Germany reached 56.7GW.