Germany installs 274 MW of PV capacity in Jan 2013

(See News) – Mar 1, 2013 – Germany installed around 9,299 new photovoltaic (PV) systems with capacity of 274 MW in January 2013, according to the Federal Network Agency.

The country's total photovoltaic capacity thus reached 32.6 GW at the end of January.

The German government plans to end the subsidies for new solar installations, after the installed PV capacity reaches 52 GW.

Over the last three years solar capacity expanded by an annual of around 7,500 MW.

The Federal Network Agency also said that solar feed-in tariffs will stand at EUR 0.113 per KWh for facilities with capacity of between 1 MW and 10 MW, effective from March 1. Previously, the agency set a monthly decrease of 2.2% in solar feed-in tariffs for February, March and April.

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