Renewables accounted for more than half of Germany's electricity generation in January and February this year, driven by favorable weather conditions.
In the first quarter of 2022, Germany generated 74.5 billion kWh of renewable energy, an increase of nearly 25 percent year-on-year, according to new analysis by the Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Center in Baden-Württemberg and the Federal Association for Energy and Water Management (BDEW).
The "unusually windy" start of the year, especially in February, pushed the share of renewables to 47 percent and 62 percent of electricity consumption in January and February, respectively, with record wind power in February.
In the first quarter of this year, solar photovoltaics contributed 9.6 billion kWh, and March's solar radiation was above average.
Hauv thawj peb lub hlis twg ntawm 2022, lub zog tsim hluav taws xob ntawm German hnub ci project tau mus txog 9.6 billion kWh
The analysis found that in the two months at the beginning of the year, renewable energy accounted for 54 percent of Germany's total electricity consumption.
"The high share of renewables in the first few months of the year should not obscure the fact that the expansion of renewables is too slow," said Kerstin Andreae, chairman of the BDEW executive committee.
Andreae said that with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, rapid independence from fossil fuels was crucial, and the move to expand renewable energy was "more urgent than ever."
Nyuam qhuav pib lub hlis no, hauv kev sib zog los txo qis kev cia siab rau cov roj Lavxias, lub teb chaws Yelemees tau teeb tsa lub hom phiaj ntawm kev ua kom lub zog ntawm lub hnub ci thiab cua ua haujlwm kom ua tiav 100 feem pua tsim hluav taws xob tauj dua tshiab los ntawm 2035. Los ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd, ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tauj dua tshiab, lub hnub ci zog yuav yog. 200 GW.
Andreae added: "In order to provide more space for wind turbines and photovoltaic systems, we need a faster planning and approval process."
Similar comments were made by the solar industry association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW) earlier this year. The association has called for additional barriers to be "broken" if Germany wants to reach 200GW of solar capacity by 2030.
In addition, the government has launched an initiative to support the construction of solar energy projects on agricultural land to consolidate Germany's agricultural photovoltaic projects.
Xyoo tas los, Lub teb chaws Yelemees coj EU nrog 5.3GW ntawm lub hnub ci PV teeb. Thaum kawg ntawm 2021, lub teb chaws Yelemees muaj ze li ntawm 60GW ntawm lub peev xwm nruab. Yuav kom ua tau raws li 2030 lub hom phiaj, Lub teb chaws Yelemees xav tau ntau tshaj peb npaug ntawm nws lub hnub ci PV lub peev xwm txhua xyoo.