PV curtailment jumps 97% in Germany in 2024
The future of the New England Grid forewarned by the Germany Grid
Solar curtailment increased by 97% in Germany last year, driven by rapid growth in PV deployment and unusually high solar radiation in the summer, according to the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur).
From pv magazine Germany
Germany's grid operators implemented 30,304 GWh of grid congestion management measures in 2024, down from 34,297 GWh in the previous year, according to the Bundesnetzagentur. The total cost of these measures dropped to €2.77 billion ($3.08 million) from €3.33 billion in 2023 – the lowest level since 2021.
Grid congestion management involves reducing the feed-in of solar plants upstream while ramping up other generating plants downstream to optimize grid load and prevent supply bottlenecks. When a plant is curtailed, operators receive financial compensation as if no intervention had occurred.
Curtailments of renewable energy plants made up 3.5% of total renewable electricity generation in 2024, with 96.5% fed into the grid. Renewable energy plant operators received €554 million in compensation for curtailments, a 4% decrease from 2023, despite a 10% drop in curtailed renewable energy volume. The Bundesnetzagentur attributed this discrepancy to lower wholesale prices.
Photovoltaic curtailments totaled 1,389 GWh in 2024, a 97% increase from the previous year. The Bundesnetzagentur attributed this growth to expanded installed capacity and exceptionally high solar radiation in summer 2024.
Bavaria had the highest PV curtailment volume, with 986 GWh cut.
Wind energy curtailments remained higher than solar. Offshore wind curtailments totaled 4,562 GWh, and onshore wind curtailments were 3,384 GWh, both 20% and 15% lower, respectively, than in 2023. The Bundesnetzagentur explained that, despite a strong December, 2024 was generally less windy than 2023.
To compensate for curtailments, grid operators increased feed-in from fossil-fuel power plants by 8,322 GWh, nearly 25% less than in 2023.
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Comment by Thinklike A. Mountain on April 7, 2025 at 1:51pm
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CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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