Germany produced a record 50 percent of its electricity needs through solar panel just what it is capable of in the first two weeks of June, when solar panels in Germany generated a record 24.24 GW of electricity between 1pm and 2pm on June 6th, which equalled 50.6 percent of total electricity demand because of unusually hot weather with highs of 37C.
The success of Germany’s solar production lies with encouraging people to install them on their roof tops rather than building huge solar farms.
Ninety percent of solar panels in Germany were on individuals’ roofs. Solar power production had increased by 34 percent in the first five months of the year compared to last year due to better weather.
More than 1.4 million photovoltaic systems are producing a surplus energy especially on sunny days around midday, hence Germany will need more energy storage capacity in the future.
