Europe Set to Shatter Solar Power Generation Records

The duration of sunshine in Germany is steadily increasing, especially in spring. Between 2011 and 2025, it increased by almost 13 percent. This also has an impact on energy transition and solar power production.

Europe on track to smash solar power output record in 2025

Solar electricity production in Europe during the first quarter of 2025 was up by over 30% from the same months in 2024, setting the stage for full-year record performance from the region’s solar farms.

Europe Set to Shatter Solar Power Generation Records

Solar power generation in Europe is set for a record year, if first-quarter solar output is anything to go by.  Electricity generation from solar power farms jumped by 32% in January to March this year compared to the same period of 2024, according to data from Ember cited by Reuters market analyst Gavin Maguire.  All key solar markets in Europe saw solar power gaining record-high shares of the electricity mix, the data showed. These include Ger…

In the first three months of 2025, almost half of the electricity consumed in Germany came from renewable sources. Despite this high share, renewable energies recorded a significant decline in electricity production compared to the previous year. The main reason for this was the weather — particularly February and March with little wind. In total, wind, solar, water and biomass plants produced 63.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. That was…

Germany awards 2.6GW capacity in oversubscribed ground-mount PV auction

Germany’s latest public auction for ground-mounted solar PV capacity ended “significantly oversubscribed”, according to the German electricity regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur.

France installed slightly more than 1.4 gigawatts of new photovoltaic systems in the first quarter of 2025, thus increasing its cumulative photovoltaic output in the country to 23.5 gigawatts by the end of March. by pv magazine France The French grid operator Enedis has announced that between January and March around 1,407 megawatts of new photovoltaic systems were connected to the grid. By comparison, in the fourth quarter of 2024 it was 956 me…