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Comment by simonebrunozzi

Photo Voltaic, or PV, of course. 14 GW just in 2023 alone.

Note that Gigawatts is the installed capacity, but GWh is the actual production. Germany produces 2.5 times more energy from wind, rather than solar (quite intuitive, considering that solar is much less productive in Germany compared to, say, Greece or northern Africa).

From Wikipedia [0]:

Germany's installed capacity for electric generation increased from 121 gigawatts (GW) in 2000 to 218 GW in 2019, an 80% increase, while electricity generation increased only 5% in the same period.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Germany

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