While Germany is lagging behind its targets when it comes to expanding wind power, photovoltaics has made significant progress since the beginning of the year: Exclusive figures from Prognos show where a particularly large amount of expansion has taken place.
2023 is shaping up to be a dream year for the expansion of photovoltaics. In the first three quarters, solar output in Germany increased more than twice as much as in the same period two years ago. The federal government’s annual target of nine gigawatts of new photovoltaic systems was already achieved in mid-September. This shows the update of the Atlas of the Green Stream from Süddeutscher Zeitung and the analysis company Forecast.