Balcony power plant solar PV system – photo: manufacturer PluginEnergy
Welcome to the GreenLänd! In Baden-Württemberg (aka “The Länd”), new photovoltaic systems with a total of almost 1,900 megawatts (MW) were built in 2023.
Nationwide, the Swabians are in third place. Only North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Bavaria have launched more PV solar systems. The expansion is more than one gigawatt higher than the previous year (817 MW) and, at 800 MW, higher than the previous record year of 2010 (1,019 MW).
1,556 MW are attributable to roof systems and 301 MW to ground-mounted photovoltaics. The numbers may increase slightly due to late registrations. According to the Federal Solar Industry Association, 14 GW of photovoltaic output will be added across Germany in 2023.
For the first time, the expansion – for both roof systems and ground-mounted systems – is above the expansion scenario of 1,150 MW per year between 2022 and 2025 required by the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW). Climate-neutral Baden-Württemberg 2040”.
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Greentech BW: Solar is being further expanded
“We are on the right track when it comes to photovoltaics. In order to achieve our climate protection goals and keep electricity prices cheap in the long term, we must further expand photovoltaics,” says Energy Minister Thekla Walker. “The expansion is also fundamental for Baden-Württemberg as a business location, because renewable energy production is increasingly becoming a location factor for companies.”
That’s why it’s important to stick with it now: The good expansion figures are mainly due to the growth in roof systems. There needs to be further improvement in open-space photovoltaics.
Good solar expansion figures, especially for roof systems
According to ZSW calculations, their expansion would have to increase from the current 230 MW per year to 880 MW per year from 2026. “It is all the more important that the federal government now approves the entire Solar Package I as quickly as possible,” emphasizes Walker.
This is intended to reduce bureaucracy in the construction and operation of photovoltaic systems and accelerate expansion. “In addition, regions and municipalities must continue to secure land so that open-space photovoltaics can increase.”
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Greentech Solar: Dashboard for photovoltaics in Baden-Württemberg
Another new feature in Greentech Baden-Württemberg is a dashboard in the data and map service of the State Environmental Agency (LUBW), which presents the figures on the expansion and potential of photovoltaics in a graphically clear manner.
The dashboard provides information about new photovoltaic systems in Baden-Württemberg with current diagrams, also broken down by district. Users can also see how the expansion of photovoltaics in buildings and open spaces is progressing.