{"id":6565,"date":"2012-05-28T09:19:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=6565"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:44:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:44:34","slug":"germany-reaches-solar-power-generation-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/germany-reaches-solar-power-generation-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Reaches Solar Power Generation Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/solar_panels_Germany.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/solar_panels_Germany-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"solar_panels_Germany\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/solar_panels_Germany-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/solar_panels_Germany.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8216;economic powerhouse&#8217; can add solar to its epithet. Germany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s solar power plants reached a generation milestone of 22 GW for a few hours last Friday. That equals to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAccording to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/05\/26\/us-climate-germany-solar-idUSBRE84P0FI20120526\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters report<\/a>, that amount of power fed into the national grid on Saturday (May 26) met around 50 percent of the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s electricity needs.<\/p>\n<p>Germany is one of the most proactive countries in the world in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\" target=\"_blank\">alternative energy<\/a> arena and its ambitious targets have been driving the growth of clean energy in the country. It reacted swiftly to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/japan-one-year-later\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fukushima nuclear disaster<\/a> last year. It switched off eight plants and will phase out another nine by 2022.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time of the year last year Germany was producing 14 GW. Its total installed capacity is 26 GW.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/energyrefuge\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @energyrefuge<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored video:<\/em><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/video.unrulymedia.com\/wildfire_72383936.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Erratum: This article was updated on June 1st to correct a typo in the first paragraph.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li>No Related Posts Found! 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