Germany Hits Historic 12 Billion kWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026
Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026
Germany's solar power set a new record in July 2026, feeding 12 billion kWh into the grid for the first time in a single month, according to IWR analysis. The milestone highlights solar's growing role, with midday output exceeding 40,000 MW, equivalent to 40 nuclear plants. IWR also clarifies that EEG support costs are often lower than the feed-in tariff, as market revenues offset the difference.
The IWR said the milestone represents a structural shift in Germany's power system, with photovoltaics evolving from a supplementary energy source into one of the country's key pillars of electricity supply.
- A_D_E_P_T
Glass half full, I suppose. Germany is in the grip of an unusual and prolonged drought -- clear skies, intense daytime heat, no rain.
> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78gn8zvrx4o
I'm near Graz, in Austria, where we're also in the middle of a drought and in truth I can't remember a summer as hot as this one...
- umpalumpaaa
Germany has still one of the highest electricity and energy prices among developed nations which tremendously hurts its industrial base. That has to change too unless this cannot really be called a success I think.
- toasty228
Cool, a quarter of the country is in a "D4 exceptional drought" (1 in 50 years), half of the rest in a 1 in 30 years drought and the rest in good ol' regular drought. But the sun do be bright indeed
- NKosmatos
Whenever I see news like this one I feel bad for us in Greece... we have so much sun yet we don't utilize it to the maximum we could for generating electricity and our KWh price is one of the most expensive in Europe. It's a pitty the government doesn't invest in solar or encourage households to do so :-(
- scary-size
Yey, we contribute 432 kWh to that. Northern Germany, small 6.3 kWp system.
- clarionbell
It would be nice if that led to lower prices. All the comparisons I could find are showing Germany near the top for electricity price.
https://energyfactbook.com/world/electricity-prices-by-count...
- woofwoofwoof
Second heatwave in two months helps, I guess
- coffeebeqn
12 TWh