More than of installed photovoltaic capacity is now in place in Germany (according to MaStR). This means that of the target of by has been achieved. It’s a significant milestone for the energy transition, but the second half will be much more challenging. As things stand, the expansion targets for 2025 will not be met.

The current challenges and what is needed now:

• Limited grid capacity makes it difficult to connect new plants.

Solution:Continue to expand the grids rapidly and accelerate grid connections, for example through innovative connection concepts such as FCAs or the feed-in socket co-developed by E-Bridge.

• Increasing “cannibalisation effects” and the associated negative market prices combined with the end of EEG remuneration for negative market prices threaten profitability.

Solution: Bring more flexibility into the system: through battery storage, electromobility, and flexible consumers in industry and households. Both producers and consumers benefit from this.

• Lack of synchronization between RE expansion and grid expansion leads to rising redispatch costs.

Solution: Introduction of the redispatch reservation. In this way, grid expansion and the addition of renewable energies can be better coordinated in terms of location and timing, and grid connection of plants can be incentivized where their electricity feed-in does not have to be curtailed and compensated. This reduces redispatch costs in Germany.

At E-Bridge, we connect the perspectives of politics, regulation, grid operators, industry, and investors. As a bridge between all stakeholders, we are committed to driving the energy transition forward not only technologically, but also by providing the right framework conditions for success.