Germany: Sets New Solar PV Record

ModernPowerSystems: Germany reports that renewable energy supplied nearly 21% of the country’s electricity during the first half of 2011. Wind, biomass, solar, and hydro power plants generated 57 TWh during the first six months of the year, amounting to 20.8% of supply. Solar photovoltaic (solar PV) systems on rooftops of homes, farms, and factories generated 3.5% of the national supply, exceeding for the first time the quantity of electricity, 3.3%, produced by conventional hydroelectric power plants. Renewable energy is set to make up nearly 2/3 of new electricity generation capacity installed in the EU over the next decade, according to new estimates by the European Commission.

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