Between January and May 2024, the worth of imported photo voltaic cells and modules fell to only beneath €605 million in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, and the worth of exported PV merchandise additionally fell to €216 million. For the primary quarter, the Federal Statistical Office reported a pointy decline in modules produced in Germany to lower than 495,600.
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In 2023, Germany will import round €3.6 billion price of PV techniques, major photo voltaic cells and modules. Compared to final 12 months, the quantity fell by 12.5%, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on Monday.
PV imports continued to lower considerably within the first 5 months of the 12 months in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. According to Destatis, the quantity fell by two-thirds to only beneath €605 million. The worth of exported PV merchandise additionally fell by 64.9% over the interval, from slightly below €616 million to over €216 million. Last 12 months, the worth of exports fell by nearly 1 / 4 to nearly €1.1 billion.
China stays the “most essential nation of origin” for PV merchandise, accounting for 86.4% of Germany’s imported merchandise. The Netherlands follows in second place with 5.4%, forward of Vietnam with 2.6%. European nations are the main exporters, with 17.8% of PV merchandise going to Austria, adopted by Italy with 11.4% and Switzerland with 9%.
Destatis additionally analyzed the figures for the manufacturing of photo voltaic modules in Germany, which confirmed that 52.8% fewer models have been produced within the first quarter of 2024 in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. According to the Statistical Office, slightly below 495,600 photo voltaic modules are produced in Germany. The discount in manufacturing of photo voltaic collectors utilized in photo voltaic thermal techniques is even better. Between January and March 2024, their manufacturing fell by 67.1% to nearly 21,300 models. Regarding module manufacturing in Germany, Destatis additional reported that in 2023 there will probably be a year-on-year lower from 4 million to greater than 3.4 million photo voltaic modules.
Destatis additionally revealed figures on the general growth of the German PV market: In April, the overall variety of put in PV techniques reached 3.4 million with a complete capability of 81.5 GW. Compared to April 2023, this represents a rise of 29.8% in techniques and 20.5% in put in capability. These numbers embody all PV techniques that feed into the general public grid and have an electrical energy meter. Balcony PV techniques are usually not included.
Last 12 months, PV techniques in operation fed almost 53.6 million MWh of solar energy into the grid – a file 11.9% of complete electrical energy feed-in, in response to Destatis. Last 12 months’s share reached 10.6%. June 2023 proved to be the file month with greater than 8.5 million MWh of solar energy feed-in, with a 27.3% share of the month.
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