CleanTechnica » solar energy germany http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Sunday, Solar Sunday — Germany’s July 7 Solar Power Record In-Depth http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/sunday-solar-sunday-germany-solar-power-record-in-depth/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/sunday-solar-sunday-germany-solar-power-record-in-depth/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:10:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53822 On Sunday, CleanTechnica broke the news that Germany broke yet another solar power record when the country’s 1.3+ million PV systems turned a sunny summer day into 23.9 GW of solar power at about 1:30 PM. This short breaking news has drawn quite a lot of attention, which is reason enough to follow it up with

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/12/sunday-solar-sunday-germany-solar-power-record-in-depth/feed/ 10 Solar Power Record In Germany — 22.68 GW — Infographic http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/16/solar-power-record-in-germany-22-68-gw-infographic/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/16/solar-power-record-in-germany-22-68-gw-infographic/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:26:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50793 On Monday, the 15th of April, 2013, the approximate 1.3 million solar power systems in Germany set a new domestic/world record by reaching a peak power output of 22.68 GW at noon. The New Normal This new record is almost 0.5 GW above the “old” record of 22.2 GW, which was set on May 25th, 2012. Allthough I

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/16/solar-power-record-in-germany-22-68-gw-infographic/feed/ 58 Infographic — Structural Changes In Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/02/infographic-structural-changes-in-germany/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/02/infographic-structural-changes-in-germany/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:46:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49064 Throughout history, there have been times when the introduction of technology met the needs of the public and a fundamental shift was set in motion. This has been the case with the steam engine, the automobile, the telephone, the computer, the internet… just to name a few. While all of these technology-driven structural changes had

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/02/infographic-structural-changes-in-germany/feed/ 6 Plug & Save – New DIY Solar Systems from Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/20/plug-save-new-diy-solar-systems-from-germany/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/20/plug-save-new-diy-solar-systems-from-germany/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:14:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=46373   Some call them “Balcony Power Plants.” They represent the first generation of what may be the future of micro/small residential solar systems. They are off-the-shelf DIY solar systems that require little to no technical skills nor any permits for their installation. “It’s as simple as putting together IKEA furniture,” says Holger Laudeley, the engineer

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/20/plug-save-new-diy-solar-systems-from-germany/feed/ 10 Over 600 MW Of New Solar Installed In Germany In October (YTD = Almost 7,000 MW) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/05/over-600-mw-of-new-solar-installed-in-germany-in-october-ytd-almost-7000-mw/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/05/over-600-mw-of-new-solar-installed-in-germany-in-october-ytd-almost-7000-mw/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:20:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=45783   611.856 MW of new solar power modules were installed in Germany in October. The official numbers were just released by The German Federal Network Agency. Around 19,000 new solar plants were registered last month. That brings the total for new solar power installations in Germany for the first ten months of 2012 to around

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/05/over-600-mw-of-new-solar-installed-in-germany-in-october-ytd-almost-7000-mw/feed/ 0 Germany — 26% of Electricity from Renewable Energy in 1st Half of 2012 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/germany-26-of-electricity-from-renewable-energy-in-1st-half-of-2012/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/germany-26-of-electricity-from-renewable-energy-in-1st-half-of-2012/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:33:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=40760 During the first half of 2012, the share of renewable energy sources in the electricity supply has risen significantly in Germany, rising to a sensational 25.97%. That’s a massive increase compared to 20.56%, the percentage during the same period in 2011, and 18.3% in H1 2010. PV-Solar Contribution Increases 47% In total, renewable energy sources

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/germany-26-of-electricity-from-renewable-energy-in-1st-half-of-2012/feed/ 17 Infographic — A Summer Day in Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/24/infographic-summer-day-in-germany/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/24/infographic-summer-day-in-germany/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:50:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=40673 This week, Germany got wonderful sunny weather all over the place, which made me hopeful that a new solar power record might be around the corner. Unfortunately, this didn’t happen on Monday, but 21.7 GW of peak output and 184 GWh aren’t bad either! That’s Giga with a G, as in 184 million kWhs. To illustrate

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/24/infographic-summer-day-in-germany/feed/ 4 Installation of 500,000 German PV Solar Systems (Video) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/05/installation-of-500000-german-pv-solar-systems-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/05/installation-of-500000-german-pv-solar-systems-video/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:27:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39814   This is an awesome, short video of the first big, industrial-scale push towards solar energy in human history. The video used geo-referenced data to visualize the installation of 500,000 PV solar systems all over Germany between January 2009 and September 2011. Since Germany is currently the epicenter of this global solar revolution, it’s perhaps

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/05/installation-of-500000-german-pv-solar-systems-video/feed/ 8 Awesome Graphs — Today’s Solar & Wind Power Relevance in Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/12/awesome-graphs-todays-relevance-of-solar-and-wind-power-in-germany/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/12/awesome-graphs-todays-relevance-of-solar-and-wind-power-in-germany/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:46:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38966   I found these awesome graphs and charts that illustrate the electricity production patterns of solar and wind power in Germany in 2012. They are being published by the Fraunhofer ISE and are updated regularly it seems, as they are currently up-to-date. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) is the largest institute of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/12/awesome-graphs-todays-relevance-of-solar-and-wind-power-in-germany/feed/ 17 In-Depth: Germany’s 22 GW Solar Energy Record http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/31/in-depth-germanys-22-gw-solar-energy-record/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/31/in-depth-germanys-22-gw-solar-energy-record/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 16:52:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38666 Last Friday, on the 25th of May 2012, Germany set a new world solar energy record in photovoltaic solar energy: 22.4 GW of photovoltaic energy on the grid covering over 30% of all electricity demand! That’s the equivalent of 20 huge conventional fossil or nuclear power plants. This is clearly amazing news that made headlines around

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