9:25 min, Report from 16.02.2016
Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/aktiv-stadthaus-in-frankfurt
WIESBADEN - More and more companies, but also private households, are using the sun's energy to generate electricity: In March 2022, 2.2 million photovoltaic systems with a total nominal output of 58 400 megawatts were installed on roofs and properties. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of systems thus increased by 10.1 % compared to the same month of the previous year, while the installed capacity rose by 9.7 % within a year. In January 2018, when the figure was first collected, there had been a good 1.7 million installations with a nominal capacity of 42,300 megawatts. Since then, the number of turbines has risen by just under 34.0 %, while installed capacity has increased by 38.3 %.
Photovoltaic systems were able to feed around 8.8 billion kilowatt hours of electricity from sunlight into the grid in the 1st quarter of 2022. This was 34.7 % more than in the 1st quarter of 2021, when photovoltaic systems had fed in 6.6 billion kilowatt hours. Compared to the 1st quarter of 2018, when 5.4 billion kilowatt hours were fed into the grid, the grid feed-in increased by 64.3 %.
The share of photovoltaics in total electricity generation has also increased: In Q1 2022, the share of photovoltaics was 6.3 % of total electricity generation in Germany. In the 1st quarter of the previous year, solar power still had a share of 4.7 %, in the 1st quarter of 2018 it had been 3.5 %.
Solar power is a source of income for a growing number of households
For many private households, solar power is not only a source of energy, but also a source of income. In 2020, about 1.4 million private households - that was 3.6 % of all private households - had income from feeding solar power into the grid. This was almost 30 % more than in 2014, the first year this figure was collected. The income of these households from electricity sales recently averaged 174 euros per month, about the same as in the previous year (177 euros). Compared to 2014 with 285 euros, the average income fell by 39 %. One reason for this decline is likely to be the falling feed-in tariff for newly installed photovoltaic systems under the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). Currently, the remuneration is less than 7 cents per kilowatt hour.
Companies in Germany generated 3.5 billion euros with photovoltaics
The growing spread of photovoltaics is also reflected in the turnover figures of companies offering products and services for the use of solar energy. Thus, turnover with photovoltaic systems and components rose within five years from a good 2.5 billion euros in 2016 to a good 3.5 billion euros in 2020, an increase of 39 %.
Methodological notes:
The results on the income of private households are taken from the Current Economic Accounts (CCE). Households with a regular monthly net income of 18,000 euros or more are not included in the LWRs, as they do not participate in the survey or do so in too small numbers. In accordance with legal requirements, households of self-employed persons (tradesmen and self-employed farmers and freelancers) are not included in the LWR.
The data on turnover from the production of goods, technologies and services for the use of renewable energies come from the survey "Goods and Services for Environmental Protection", in which companies in the manufacturing and service sectors in Germany reported data on turnover and employees related to environmental protection.
Further information:
Data on the installed capacity of photovoltaic systems in the EU comparison can be found in our Internet article.
Further results on the income of private households can be found on the Topic page.
Source: PM of 21 June 2022 from destatis.de
Keywords:
DE-News, Renewable, PV, PlusEnergy house/settlement
The jury selected nine prize winners this year, and in addition seven commendations were awarded. 134 projects were submitted, all of which, according to the jury, "demonstrate a level of craftsmanship that can hardly be surpassed". They were awarded on 30 June in CUBUS Wolfurt.
The "Vorarlberger Holzbaupreis 2017" was awarded to:
When the Vorarlberg Timber Construction Prize was awarded for the first time in 1997, it was a pioneer of its kind. Today it is considered the benchmark of the industry, is internationally known and helps to market the Vorarlberg region to tourists. Around 30,000 architectural tourists come every year because of the outstanding timber architecture, according to the press release of the organisers. vorarlberger holzbau_kunst - a regional network of planners, craftsmen and companies that is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Photos and further information:
www.holzbaukunst.at/events-aktivitaeten/holzbaupreis-2017
Keywords:
Wood construction, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog Austria, Contests & Prizes, Aesthetics / Architecture / Building Culture
Following the interim results of the Housing Summit and the Building Land Commission, demands are being voiced by the scientific community: The still tight housing markets require the use of additional instruments by the federal and state governments. Otherwise, the turnaround towards affordable housing cannot be achieved.
Berlin/Düsseldorf/Mannheim. In view of the continuing undersupply of affordable housing, researchers from the University of Mannheim, the Macroeconomic Policy Institute of the Hans Böckler Foundation (IMK) and the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) are calling on the federal government to set up a participation fund for municipal housing companies and better framework conditions for the establishment of municipal land funds.
According to Sebastian Dullien, Scientific Director of the IMK, there is no sign that the housing situation in the metropolitan areas and their surrounding areas will ease as a result of the Corona crisis. "The declining capacity utilisation in the construction sector makes increased public housing construction also sensible in terms of economic policy. It is an opportunity that additional construction demand no longer inevitably leads to higher prices," says Dullien. "Public housing construction is not only an important pillar of the economy, it also has far-reaching social, economic and ecological effects in the long term. The housing shortage in metropolitan areas is forcing people with low and medium incomes out of attractive urban locations, thus leading to segregation that can endanger the cohesion of society," adds Ricarda Pätzold, housing market expert at Difu.
A participation fund of the federal government, which should be handled by the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, should strengthen the equity base of municipal housing companies. "A higher equity ratio strengthens the refinancing and investment capacity for the new construction of affordable housing, for those enterprises where this is currently a restriction. One advantage of this instrument is that the equity fund - in contrast to earlier programmes - can focus its support specifically on those housing companies that create affordable housing in tight markets," says Tom Krebs, Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim.
The availability of land is currently proving to be the "bottleneck" in almost all fields of urban development - housing construction, commercial development, social infrastructure, etc. The availability of land is a key instrument of public welfare-oriented housing policy. Municipal land funds are central instruments of public welfare-oriented housing policy. Arno Bunzel, head of the research department Urban Development, Law and Social Affairs at Difu, clarifies: "Municipal land funds are central instruments of housing policy oriented towards the common good. We must therefore improve their effectiveness. The federal government and the Länder should contribute their land for which they have no own use to the respective municipal land funds. In this context, the provisions in the federal government's Land Subsidisation Directive must be further developed from an urban development perspective." The financial situation of the municipalities must be described as the main obstacle to the implementation of viable land funds. "The federal states should design the budgetary and municipal supervisory regulations for their municipalities in such a way that municipal land funds have adequate refinancing conditions that are based on economic criteria and not on traditional cameral budgetary law," says Carsten Kühl, Institute Director of Difu.
Details and download
Policy Paper "Participation Funds and Land Funds to Strengthen Public and Affordable Housing".
www.difu.de/15780
Authors of the policy paper:
Prof. Dr Sebastian Dullien, Macroeconomic Policy Institute of the Hans Böckler Foundation
Prof. Dr Tom Krebs, University of Mannheim
Prof. Dr. Arno Bunzel, Prof. Dr. Carsten Kühl and Dipl.-Ing. Ricarda Pätzold from the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu)
Short info: German Institute of Urban Affairs
As the largest urban research institute in the German-speaking world, the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) is the research, training and information institution for cities, municipal associations and planning communities. Whether urban and regional development, municipal economy, urban planning, social issues, environment, transport, culture, law, administrative issues or municipal finance: Founded in 1973, the independent Berlin-based institute - with a further location in Cologne - deals with an extensive range of topics and, on a scientific level, deals in a practical way with all the tasks that municipalities have to deal with today and in the future. The Verein für Kommunalwissenschaften e.V. is the sole shareholder of the research institute, which is run as a non-profit limited company.
Keywords:
Soil & land consumption, DE-News, Communities, Affordable housing, Housing, Housing policy
BuildingNetWeek#494:
Cooperatives are currently experiencing a true renaissance in Zurich. The "Mehr als Wohnen" neighbourhood and the "Zwicky Süd" project are now trying to bring urban qualities to the agglomeration. Can the two projects facilitate new lifestyles beyond private housing?
Link:
www.baunetz.de/...baunetzwoche_ausgabe_5108639.html
Keywords:
Cohousing, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog Switzerland, Quarters, Social / Culture, Housing projects, eG, Aesthetics / Architecture / Building Culture
