Germany installed 9.3 GW of renewable energy capacity in the first half of 2024, according to preliminary figures released on Friday by the Federal Network Agency, or the Bundesnetzagentur.

Older installations totalling 0.4 GW were closed in the same period.

The market is experiencing continuous growth, especially in solar installations, which saw Germany surpass 90 GW of installed solar capacity at the end of June.

"Nearly 10% more solar power has been added to the total capacity since the end of 2023. Two thirds of the growth came in the form of building installations, which include balcony solar panels,” said Klaus Mueller, president of the Bundesnetzagentur.

Offshore wind got a boost with 377 MW of new capacity brought online in the Baltic and North Seas.

In the onshore wind segment, 130 installations totalling 600 MW were commissioned. At the same time, however, there was “a strikingly large number” of closures of older installations -- 173 with a total capacity of 230 MW.

Germany’s total onshore wind capacity has now reached just under 62 GW.

There was encouraging progress in permits for new onshore wind turbines. In the first half of 2024, nearly 5.6 GW of capacity was approved, an increase of around 70% compared with the same period of the previous year.