Work starts on 1.1GW solar portfolio in Germany

Construction has started on the first of at least fifty utility-scale solar parks planned for various locations in Germany.

The 1.1GW solar portfolio will be built by Secursun, a joint venture between Berlin-based developer securenergy solutions and construction firm Sunotec.

Project sizes will range from 20MWp to 150MWp.

Construction of at least seven solar parks will begin this year, with the portfolio to be completed by the end of 2026.

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“Since the launch of our joint venture last November, less than a year has passed. The fact that the planning went so quickly was only made possible by the close cooperation between securenergy solutions and Sunotec. Now work has started at several locations at the same time,” says Holger Stabernack, CEO of securenergy solutions AG.“

The first PV plants will be based in Utzedel (near Demmin) and Brusow (near Kröpelin) both in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. There will also be a 42MWp plant based in Frankenförde near Luckenwalde.

Ground-breaking of the site in Dallgow-Döberitz in Brandenburg (outside Berlin) will follow soon.

Solar power in Germany

To achieve its Energiewende by 2030, Germany needs half of all electricity supply to come from renewables and coal use will be phased out by 2038.

In 2022, Germany added an overall capacity of 7.2GW of ground-mounted and rooftop PV. In 2023, the country plans to instal 9GW of solar power, with 2.7GW already being installed in the first three months of the year.

The German solar market size is expected to grow from 75.50GW in 2023 to 137.88GW by 2028, at a CAGR of 12.80%.

This growth will be facilitated by a number of pro-renewables policies being implemented by the government, such as the Renewable Energy Act of 2021, which states that solar PV installations on rooftops of over 750kWp are eligible to participate in tenders, while all systems between 300 and 750kW are offered the choice of either participating in a tender or taking advantage of fixed feed-in tariffs and consuming part of their electricity themselves.