Germany — unchallenged european market leader in the field of solar energy

In 2008 only in Germany photovoltaic plants with a total capacity of 1650 MWp were newly installed. The addition of a nationwide solar year roughly corresponds to the performance of two conventional coal-fired power plants and overall, through the use of photovoltaic installations, by 2008 Germany was able to save 8,530,671 tons of CO2.

Given these figures, and a business turnover of 9.5 billion euros, the year 2008 marked the most successful year of German Photovoltaic industry. Besides its strong domestic market, Germany also benefits from a strong export economy and growing global markets for alternative Energy.