Thread by @GunterErfurt

The @BReg_Bund in Germany, which has just taken office, has set ambitious targets for our industry: 200 gigawatts of installed solar energy capacity in Germany by 2030. These 200 gigawatts will generate about 200 terawatt hours of clean and cheap energy - every year!

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We accept the challenge.

Based on 2020 consumption, the 200 terawatt hours would represent 35% of the gross amount of energy consumed.

I would like to briefly break down what this means in numbers and details:

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Since about 60 gigawatts will already be installed in Germany by the end of 2021, "only" 140 gigawatts are still missing. 2022 to 2030 is 9 full years, i.e. >15 gigawatts every year! That is about 2.5 times more than what has been installed annually in recent years.

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The carbon dioxide emissions generated per MWh are almost a factor of 10 lower than for coal-fired power or a factor of 5 lower than for natural gas. At #MeyerBurger, only renewable energy is used in production, bringing the industry into a carbon dioxide neutral cycle.

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Per year, about 40 million solar modules will need to be installed in Germany each year starting in 2022. For this

34000 tons of silicon
225000 km of aluminum frames
800000 tons of glass
250 tons of silver
80000 km of copper cable
80 million plugs

needed.

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It is important that larger quantities of these components are again produced in Germany and Europe.

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The materials used can be almost completely returned to the circular economy after the end of the solar module with modern recycling methods (e.g. those of the company @ChemtechLux).

I repeat once again: We accept the challenge.

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