Comments on: Installation of 500,000 German PV Solar Systems (Video)

By: Germany sets a new solar power record - reneweconomy.com.au : Renew Economy

Germany sets a new solar power record - reneweconomy.com.au : Renew Economy — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:28:38 +0000

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By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:58:00 +0000

Thanks for the reply Thomas. That’s good to hear! It sounds like Germany is very close to reaching ‘mainstream’ solar, enough so that it becomes common place!

By: jburt56

jburt56 — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:08:00 +0000

Du liegst mir im herzen!!!

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000

haha

yeah, you should see me in such situations — Marika (my partner) has to hold me done

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:25:00 +0000

While traveling to Ruegen on an ICE train I saw 2 large solar farms. I wanted to get off the train so f*****g bad!! One of these was even using trackers :-O . Germany ftw!

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Taking the train from Poland (Wroclaw) to Berlin, I saw many, many solar systems on rooftops. Don’t recall seeing any solar farms, but a lot of wind turbines as well.

By: ThomasGerke

ThomasGerke — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:19:00 +0000

Well, it’s very common in Germany by now.

In total I would say 1 out of 10 buildings. It’s more common in the south, but northern Germany is catching up.

When you make a longer trip by train / autobahn, you will come across several solar power plants. Especially in the south.

In general rural areas, suburbs and small towns have a much higher density of solar systems than citys. Eventhough I notice that citys become increasingly “solarized”

Also a huge number of schools & kindergartens have solar systems on their roofs in Germany.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:42:00 +0000

Wow! That’s incredible! How common is solar in Germany now though? For example, when driving along the autobahn, do you see occasional PV plants, and when driving down streets, how many houses have PV on them?