Solar power has quietly pulled ahead of coal and gas in Germany’s electricity mix, even though the country is better known for grey skies than blazing sunshine. In 2025, solar’s share of German ...

Solar modules seen in a solar park. Germany's solar power output is expected to surpass electricity generation from lignite for the first time this year, according to the German Solar Industry ...

In Germany, existing solar power is saving everyone money each year, regardless of whether they have their own solar setup. As Heise Online reported, the share of solar energy in Germany's electricity ...

Raymond Ward wants to see solar panels draped over every balcony in the United States and doesn’t understand why that isn’t happening. The technology couldn’t be easier to use—simply hang one or two ...

Germany produced 18% of its electricity through solar power in 2025, up from 14% in 2024, a significant leap that meant solar overtook both coal and methane gas in the country’s electrical supply – ...

Solar PV generation overtook lignite for the first time in Germany and was only behind wind power. Image: Fraunhofer ISE/energy-charts.info. Germany installed 16.2GW of solar PV in 2025, according to ...

LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) on Tuesday partnered with Ecobility Services GmbH to install a large rooftop solar system at its Sulzbach-Rosenberg logistics hub in Germany. The project will be executed ...

‘With a grid feed-in of just under 60TWh, self-consumption in 2024 accounts for 17% of net electricity generation from photovoltaics,’ the researchers said. Image: Fraunhofer ISE. High power prices ...

Germany is proposing a new law that would require renewable energy developers to pay for connecting to the grid, replacing ...

Global renewable energy contractor INTEC Energy Solutions has been selected by a leading European renewable energy investment group to lead construction of a 50-MW solar power plant in Lachendorf, ...