Overview
- Germany saw about 453,800 new home rooftop systems in 2025, down 29% from 2024 and 43% from 2023, according to BSW’s preliminary analysis.
- Economics Minister Katherina Reiche has floated largely ending fixed feed‑in payments and steering small producers toward direct market sales, with no final decision yet.
- Total PV additions still reached roughly 17.5 GW in 2025, lifting installed capacity to about 118 GW and supplying an estimated 87 TWh, or ~18% of electricity generation.
- A pending overhaul of building‑energy rules remains unsettled, with disputes over the 65% renewables requirement and a tight EU deadline to transpose the EPBD by late May 2026.
- Industry figures highlight China’s dominance in PV manufacturing and note Beijing’s plan to end export rebates in spring 2026, a shift that could change module price dynamics.