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Agrivoltaics in Germany

Agri­v­oltaics Atlas by Ylek­tra, as of 15 Octo­ber 2026 (updat­ed week­ly)

Ger­many cur­rent­ly has 304 MW of agri­v­olta­ic capac­i­ty ver­i­fi­ably reg­is­tered at 58 sites.

  • 304MWver­i­fi­ably reg­is­tered as agri­v­oltaics
  • 58sites in 9 fed­er­al states
  • 1.41%share of ground-mount­ed solar addi­tions in 2025
The largest sys­tems

Select a site on the map to see its capac­i­ty, mount­ing and com­mis­sion­ing date.

Size
Land use
In oper­a­tionPlannedCir­cle size reflects capac­i­ty

Only units reg­is­tered in the Mar­ket Mas­ter Data Reg­is­ter as both a “spe­cial solar instal­la­tion under Sec­tion 85c EEG” and “land in agri­cul­tur­al use” are count­ed. Sev­er­al con­struc­tion phas­es of one park are com­bined into a sin­gle site. Method­ol­o­gy

How fast agrivoltaics is growing in Germany

Agri­v­oltaics is grow­ing much faster than the ground-mount­ed solar mar­ket as a whole. Mea­sured against all new­ly com­mis­sioned ground-mount­ed solar sys­tems, its share has grown about 11-fold since 2023.

0.13 %share of ground-mount­ed solar addi­tions in 2023, or 5.6 MW
1.41 %share of ground-mount­ed solar addi­tions in 2025, or 118 MW
1.20 %share in 2026 up to the end of Sep­tem­ber, or 83 MW
020406080MWQ12023Q2Q3Q4Q12024Q2Q3Q4Q12025Q2Q370Q438Q12026Q2Q343Q4Q12027Q20100200300400MWQ12023Q2Q3Q4Q12024Q2Q3Q4Q12025Q2Q3Q4Q12026Q2Q3Q4Q12027Q2304 MW incl. planned258 MW in operation
Com­mis­sionedPlanned com­mis­sion­ing per reg­is­ter

Com­mis­sion­ing dates per reg­is­ter up to 30 Sep­tem­ber 2026. Late reg­is­tra­tions may still raise the fig­ures for the most recent quar­ters.

Data as table
Quar­terAgri­v­oltaics com­mis­sioned (MW)Planned (MW)All ground-mount­ed solar added (MW)Agri­v­oltaics share
Q1 20231.5–7920.18 %
Q2 20230.1–1,0440.01 %
Q3 20234.0–9360.43 %
Q4 20230.0–1,5640.00 %
Q1 20245.5–1,5320.36 %
Q2 20248.4–1,3340.63 %
Q3 202410.1–1,3320.76 %
Q4 202427.0–2,2831.18 %
Q1 20252.2–1,7540.12 %
Q2 20258.5–1,3290.64 %
Q3 202569.9–2,4792.82 %
Q4 202537.6–2,8151.34 %
Q1 202617.4–2,1100.82 %
Q2 202622.1–2,1431.03 %
Q3 202643.3–2,6181.65 %
Q4 2026–10.4––
Q1 2027–15.7––
Q2 2027–20.0––

The largest agrivoltaic systems in Germany

The rank­ing orders Ger­many’s agri­v­olta­ic sys­tems by reg­is­tered capac­i­ty per site. Click an entry to see it on the map.

Sev­er­al reg­is­ter units of one park, such as con­struc­tion phas­es or sep­a­rate EEG awards, are com­bined into a sin­gle site.

Agrivoltaics by federal state

Bavaria leads with 104 MW, fol­lowed by Rhineland-Palati­nate and Baden-Würt­tem­berg. Click a state to see it on the map.

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What counts as agrivoltaics

Agri­v­oltaics uses the same land for farm­ing and solar pow­er at the same time. The Ger­man stan­dard DIN SPEC 91434 requires that at least 66 % of the agri­cul­tur­al yield is pre­served. The Fed­er­al Net­work Agen­cy’s def­i­n­i­tion of spe­cial solar instal­la­tions under the EEG is based on these require­ments.

Cat­e­go­ry IFarm­ing under­neath the mod­ules, clear height of at least 2.10 m. Typ­i­cal above arable crops, fruit or berries.
Cat­e­go­ry IIFarm­ing between the mod­ule rows, for exam­ple with ver­ti­cal or ground-lev­el sys­tems.

More on sup­port schemes, per­mit­ting and land lease in our agri­v­oltaics FAQ and on the upcom­ing EEG 2027 in Agri­v­oltaics in the EEG 2027.

How the atlas counts

  • The start­ing point is all 21,349 ground-mount­ed solar units in the Mar­ket Mas­ter Data Reg­is­ter (MaS­tR) of the Fed­er­al Net­work Agency.
  • Only units reg­is­tered as a “spe­cial solar instal­la­tion under Sec­tion 85c EEG” and “land in agri­cul­tur­al use”, on land pre­vi­ous­ly used for farm­ing, are includ­ed.
  • The 84 reg­is­ter units are then grouped into 58 sites: same grid con­nec­tion point, or less than 1 km apart in the same munic­i­pal­i­ty.
  • The atlas is there­fore a low­er bound and is updat­ed every week.
All cri­te­ria and lim­i­ta­tions

Exclud­ed are peat­land and car-park solar, fal­low land as pre­vi­ous use, com­mis­sion­ing before 2022 and units with more than 2,000 kWp per hectare, as these entries are incon­sis­tent. Reg­is­ter entries are self-dec­la­ra­tions by oper­a­tors, and the land-use attrib­ut­es have only exist­ed since Octo­ber 2025. The reg­is­ter does not record a DIN SPEC 91434 cat­e­go­ry, so none is shown. Sites with­out coor­di­nates are placed approx­i­mate­ly. The time series com­pares against the com­mis­sion­ing of all ground-mount­ed solar sys­tems in the reg­is­ter.

Data: Mar­ket Mas­ter Data Reg­is­ter, Fed­er­al Net­work Agency (Data licence Ger­many – attri­bu­tion 2.0). Map: deutsch­land­Geo­J­SON (GADM). Pro­cess­ing: Ylek­tra GmbH.

What comes online next

The Fed­er­al Net­work Agen­cy’s ten­ders give an out­look. How­ev­er, it only pub­lish­es totals for spe­cial solar instal­la­tions, i.e. agri­v­oltaics togeth­er with car-park and peat­land solar.

  • ≈ 192MWawards for spe­cial solar instal­la­tions in 2023 and 2024 com­bined
  • 204MW30 awards in the ten­der round of 1 Decem­ber 2025
  • 439MW59 awards in the ten­der round of 1 March 2026

Sources: Fed­er­al Net­work Agency, press releas­es of 13 Feb­ru­ary 2026 and 12 May 2026 (Ger­man); 2023/2024 fig­ure as cit­ed by energiezukunft.eu. No agri­v­oltaics-spe­cif­ic fig­ures have been pub­lished for oth­er ten­der rounds.

Recent agrivoltaic projects in the news

Projects under con­struc­tion or not yet in oper­a­tion where farm­ing ver­i­fi­ably takes place under or between the mod­ules. They enter the atlas fig­ures once the oper­a­tor reg­is­ters them as a spe­cial solar instal­la­tion under Sec­tion 85c EEG on agri­cul­tur­al land.

  • 14 Oct 2026

    Under con­struc­tion

    Riepholm (Visselhövede), Lower Saxony

    7.9 MWp above 11 ha of organ­ic arable farm­ing, with track­ers at an axis height of 2.20 m. The sys­tem was inau­gu­rat­ed in Octo­ber; grid con­nec­tion is planned for Decem­ber 2026.

    Read on top agrar (Ger­man)

  • 12 Oct 2026

    Under con­struc­tion

    Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia

    5.1 MW cat­e­go­ry II agri­v­oltaics with track­ers. Con­struc­tion has start­ed; com­mis­sion­ing is planned for mid-2027. Devel­op­ment and con­struc­tion: Ylek­tra.

    Read on Pho­ton (Ger­man)

  • 23 Mar 2026

    Under con­struc­tion

    Steinhöfel, Brandenburg

    A first con­struc­tion phase of 106 MWp with an EEG award. Mod­ules from 2.10 m height above arable crop rota­tions as well as med­i­c­i­nal and culi­nary herbs. Up to 753 MWp are planned at full build-out.

    Read on Solarserv­er (Ger­man)

Frequently asked questions about agrivoltaics in Germany

How many agri­v­olta­ic sys­tems are there in Ger­many?
As of 15 Octo­ber 2026, at least 304 MW of agri­v­oltaics at 58 sites are ver­i­fi­ably reg­is­tered in Ger­many’s Mar­ket Mas­ter Data Reg­is­ter (MaS­tR). Of this, 258 MW is already in oper­a­tion and 46 MW is planned. This is a low­er bound: sys­tems with incom­plete land-use data and projects not yet reg­is­tered are not includ­ed.
What is the largest agri­v­olta­ic sys­tem in Ger­many?
The largest site reg­is­tered as agri­v­oltaics is in Briedel (Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palati­nate) with around 69 MW across 8 reg­is­ter units. It is fol­lowed by Rode­wald (20 MW) and Knet­z­gau (20 MW).
Which Ger­man state has the most agri­v­olta­ic capac­i­ty?
Bavaria leads with 104 MW at 26 sites, fol­lowed by Rhineland-Palati­nate (69 MW) and Baden-Würt­tem­berg (42 MW). Reg­is­tered agri­v­oltaics cur­rent­ly exists in 9 of Ger­many’s 16 fed­er­al states.
How fast is agri­v­oltaics grow­ing in Ger­many?
The share of agri­v­oltaics in all new­ly com­mis­sioned ground-mount­ed solar capac­i­ty rose from 0.13 % in 2023 to 1.41 % in 2025, about 11-fold. In 2025 alone, 118 MW of ver­i­fi­ably reg­is­tered agri­v­oltaics went into oper­a­tion.
How many agri­v­olta­ic sys­tems use track­ers?
Accord­ing to the reg­is­ter, 23 of the 58 sites use sin­gle-axis track­ers. That is 123 MW or 41 % of reg­is­tered agri­v­olta­ic capac­i­ty.
What is the dif­fer­ence between cat­e­go­ry I and cat­e­go­ry II agri­v­oltaics?
Under the Ger­man stan­dard DIN SPEC 91434, cat­e­go­ry I sys­tems are farmed under­neath the mod­ules, with a clear height of at least 2.10 m. Cat­e­go­ry II sys­tems are farmed between the mod­ule rows, for exam­ple ver­ti­cal or ground-lev­el sys­tems. In both cat­e­gories, at least 66 % of the agri­cul­tur­al yield must be pre­served.
How is agri­v­oltaics sup­port­ed under the Ger­man Renew­able Ener­gy Sources Act (EEG)?
Agri­v­oltaics counts as a ‘spe­cial solar instal­la­tion’ under Sec­tion 85c EEG. Sys­tems above 1 MW com­pete in the Fed­er­al Net­work Agen­cy’s (Bun­desnet­za­gen­tur) ground-mount­ed solar ten­ders, where spe­cial solar instal­la­tions have their own sub-seg­ment. Under the gov­ern­ment draft of the EEG 2027 (cab­i­net deci­sion of 29 July 2026), cat­e­go­ry I and II sys­tems receive a bonus of 0.5 ct/kWh on the ref­er­ence val­ue; the law has not yet been passed.
Why are some known agri­v­olta­ic projects miss­ing from the atlas?
Solar sys­tems are usu­al­ly reg­is­tered only after com­mis­sion­ing. In addi­tion, the atlas counts only units for which the oper­a­tor has stat­ed both ‘spe­cial solar instal­la­tion’ and ‘land in agri­cul­tur­al use’. Projects under con­struc­tion are there­fore list­ed sep­a­rate­ly under recent projects.
How often is the atlas updat­ed?
Ylek­tra updates the reg­is­ter data and the project news every week. The date of the lat­est reg­is­ter query is shown at the top of the page.