Germany's PV installed capacity in April was 838.5MW, down 37% year-on-year, with balcony PV continuing to grow and contributing 53.4MW

In April 2025, Germany's newly installed photovoltaic capacity was 838.5MW, down about 37% from 1.34GW in the same period of 2024, but up nearly 5% from 802.2MW in March. This is the second consecutive quarter that Germany's monthly installed capacity has been less than 1GW, and the market's growth momentum has slowed down in the short term.

 

 

From the perspective of installed capacity structure, rooftop photovoltaic systems still dominate, contributing 449.4MW; balcony photovoltaics continue to rise, with an additional 53.4MW. Centralized project development is progressing steadily. During the same period, a total of 151 ground power station projects were connected to the grid, with a total installed capacity of 245.6MW.

 

As of the end of April, Germany's cumulative photovoltaic installed capacity reached 104.85GW, with a cumulative increase of 4.65GW in the first four months of 2025. Although there is still a gap from the monthly average of 1.62GW required to achieve the 2030 target of 215GW, photovoltaics still leads in new renewable energy storage solar lithium battery installed capacity, far exceeding the 316.1MW of onshore wind power and 11.9MW of biomass energy added in the same period.