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Solar Energy Systems

Literature

Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin [Berlin House of Representatives] 2016:
Berliner Energie- und Klimaschutzprogramm 2030 – Umsetzungszeitraum 2016 – 2020, Vorlage – zur Beschlussfassung – [Berlin Energy and Climate Protection Programme 2030] – implementation period 2016 – 2020, draft – for resolution –], printed matter 17/2987, 7 June 2016.
Internet:
http://www.parlament-berlin.de/ados/17/IIIPlen/vorgang/d17-2987.pdf [available in German only]
(Accessed on 8 September 2022)

Amt für Statistik (AfS) Berlin-Brandenburg [Statistical Office for Berlin-Brandenburg] 2016:
Regionales Bezugssystem RBS [RBS Spatial Reference System].
Internet:
https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/regionales/rbs/berlinklein.asp?Kat=4002 [available in German only]
(Accessed on 8 September 2022)

Amt für Statistik (AfS) Berlin-Brandenburg [Statistical Office for Berlin-Brandenburg] 2021:
Energie- und CO2-Daten im Land Berlin 2020 [Energy and CO2 data in the State of Berlin, 2020], Potsdam.
Internet:
https://download.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/cba6353763ccd5d2/f1c40867da86/SB_E04-05-00_2020j01_BE.xlsx [available in German only]
(Accessed on 8 September 2022)

Berliner Energiewendegesetz (EWG Bln) [Berlin Energy Transition Act] of 22 March 2016:
In the version of the first law to amend the Berlin Energy Transition Act of 26 October 2017, Law and Ordinance Gazette p. 548 ff.
Internet:
https://www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/service/gesetze-und-verordnungen/2017/ausgabe-nr-29-vom-7-11-2017-s-541-556.pdf [available in German only]
(Accessed on 8 September 2022)

Business Location Center Berlin (BLC) 2011:
Solarpotenzialanalyse Berlin – Datendokumentation [Assessment of Berlin’s solar potential – data documentation].
Internet:
https://energieatlas.berlin.de/Energieatlas_Be/Docs/Datendokumentation-Solarkataster_BLN.pdf [available in German only]
(Accessed on 8 September 2022)

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) [Federal Network Agency] 2020:
EEG in Zahlen [EEG in numbers].
Internet:
https://data.bundesnetzagentur.de/Bundesnetzagentur/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Energie/Unternehmen_Institutionen/ErneuerbareEnergien/ZahlenDatenInformationen/eeginzahlen_2019.xlsx [available in German only]
(Accessed on 27 January 2025)

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) [Federal Network Agency] 2023:
Statistiken ausgewählter erneuerbarer Energieträger zur Stromerzeugung – Juni 2023 [Statistics of selected renewable energy sources to generate electricity – June 2023].
Internet:
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Energie/Unternehmen_Institutionen/ErneuerbareEnergien/ZahlenDatenInformationen/EEStatistikMaStRBNetzA_XLS.xlsx?__blob=publicationFile&v=7 [available in German only]
(Accessed on 31 August 2023)

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) [Federal Network Agency] 2024:
Statistiken ausgewählter erneuerbarer Energieträger zur Stromerzeugung – Juni 2023 [Statistics of selected renewable energy sources to generate electricity – June 2023].
Internet:
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Energie/Unternehmen_Institutionen/ErneuerbareEnergien/ZahlenDatenInformationen/EEStatistikMaStR.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=28 [available in German only]
(Accessed on 27 January 2025)

  • Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) [Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control] 2020:*
    Online presence.
    Internet:
    https://www.bafa.de/EN/Home/home_node.html
    (Accessed on 8 September 2022)

Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW) e.V. [German Solar Association] 2024:
Aktueller Bestand an Solarwärmesystemen und Solarkollektorfläche in Deutschland Deutschland [Existing solar thermal systems and collector area in Germany], Berlin.
Internet:
https://www.solarwirtschaft.de/presse/marktdaten/ [available in German only]
(Accessed on 30 June 2025)

Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) [Germany’s National Meteorological Service] 2022:
Online presence regarding maps and information on radiation.
Internet:
https://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/solarenergy/maps_globalradiation_sum_new.html
(Accessed on 27 October 2022)

Gesetz für den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien (EEG 2014) [2014 German Renewable Energy Sources Act]:
Renewable Energy Sources Act of 21 July 2014 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1066), as last amended by Article 4 of the Act of 26 July 2023 (Federal Law Gazette I 2023 No. 202).
Internet:
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/eeg_2014/EEG_2023.pdf [available in German only]
(Accessed on 16 August 2023)

Jahressteuergesetz 2022 (JStG 2022) [2022 Annual Tax Act]:
Jahressteuergesetz vom 16. Dezember 2022 [Annual Tax Act of 16 December 2022] (Federal Law Gazette I 2022 p. 2294)
Internet:
https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Gesetzestexte/Gesetze_Gesetzesvorhaben/Abteilungen/Abteilung_IV/20_Legislaturperiode/2022-12-20-JStG-2022/4-Verkuendetes-Gesetz.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2 [available in German only]
(Accessed on 16 August 2023)

IP SYSCON 2016:
Solaranlagenkataster Berlin 2015. Ergebnisbericht 2016 [Berlin’s solar installation register, 2015. Results report, January 2016], commissioned by the Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Berlin, unpublished.

Reusswig, F./ Hirschl, B./ Lass, W./ Becker, C./ Bölling, L./ Clausen, W./ Haag, L./ Hahmann, H./ Heiduk, P./ Hendzlik, M./ Henze, A./ Hollandt, F./ Hunsicker, F./ Lange, C./ Meyer-Ohlendorf, L./ Neumann, A./ Rupp, J./ Schiefelbein, S./ Schwarz, U./ Weyer, G./ Wieler, U. 2014:
Climate-Neutral Berlin 2050, Results of a Feasibility Study, commissioned by the Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, 2014.
Internet:
https://www.berlin.de/sen/uvk/_assets/klimaschutz/publikationen/machbarkeitsstudie_berlin2050_en.pdf
(Accessed on 8 September 2022)

SenK (Senatskanzlei Berlin) 2021:
Senat beschließt Solargesetz Berlin [Senate passes Berlin Solar Act], press release from 2 March 2021.
Internet:
https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2021/pressemitteilung.1058907.php [available in German only]
(Accessed on 8 September 2022)

SenUMVK (Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment Berlin) 2022:
Berliner Energie- und Klimaschutzprogramm 2030 (BEK 2030) Umsetzungszeitraum 2022 bis 2026 [Berlin Energy and Climate Protection Programme 2030 (BEK 2030) implementation period from 2022 to 2026].
Internet:
https://www.berlin.de/sen/uvk/klimaschutz/klimaschutz-in-der-umsetzung/bek-2030-umsetzung-2022-bis-2026/ [full version in German]
https://www.berlin.de/sen/uvk/en/climate-action/berlin-energy-and-climate-protection-programme-2030-bek-2030/ [overview in English]
(Accessed on 8 September 2022)

SenWEB (Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin) 2013:
Solaratlas Berlin [Berlin Solar Atlas], compiled by the Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH.
Offline.

SenWEB (Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin) 2024:
Energieatlas Berlin [Berlin Energy Atlas], as of December 2024.
Internet:
https://energieatlas.berlin.de/ [available in German only]
(Accessed on 20 December 2024)
[20] SenWEB (Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin) 2019:
Masterplan Solarcity [Solar city master plan].
Internet:
https://www.berlin.de/sen/energie/energiepolitik/masterplan-solarcity/expertenempfehlung_masterplan_solarcity_berlin.pdf?ts=1684734313 [available in German only]
(Accessed on 13 July 2023)

SenWEB (Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin) 2023:
Monitoring Masterplan Solarcity, current.
Internet:
https://www.berlin.de/sen/energie/erneuerbare-energien/masterplan-solarcity/ [available in German only]
(Accessed on 27 January 2025)

Umsatzsteuergesetz (UStG) [Value Added Tax Act]:
Value Added Tax Act in the version promulgated on 21 February 2005 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 386), as last amended by Article 2 of the Act of July 19, 2023 (Federal Law Gazette I 2023 No. 194).
Internet:
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ustg_1980/UStG.pdf [available in German only]
(Accessed on 16 August 2023)

Verordnung über ein Register für Anlagen zur Erzeugung von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien und Grubengas (Anlagenregisterverordnung – AnlRegV) [Ordinance on a register of installations for generating electricity from renewable energy and mine gas (Installation Register Ordinance)], 2017:
The Installation Register Ordinance of August 1, 2014 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1320), last amended by Article 10 of the law of December 22, 2016 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 3106), expired on September 1, 2017 pursuant to Article 2 of the Core Energy Market Data Register Ordinance (MaStRVEV).

Gesetz zur Änderung des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes und weiterer energiewirtschaftsrechtlicher Vorschriften zur Steigerung des Ausbaus photovoltaischer Energieerzeugung [Act to Amend the Renewable Energy Sources Act and Other Energy Industry Regulations to Promote the Expansion of Photovoltaic Energy Generation]:
Renewable Energy Sources Act of 21 July 2014 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1066), last amended by Article 4 of the law of 23 October 2024 (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I No. 327).

Maps

SenStadtWohn (Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing Berlin) (ed.) 2024:
True Orthophoto images 2020 (TrueDOP20RGB), summer survey
Internet:
https://gdi.berlin.de/view/truedop_2020_sommer [available in German only]
(Accessed on 20 October 2022)

SenStadtWohn (Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing Berlin) (ed.) 2021:
Orthophoto images 2021 (DOP20RGBI)
Internet:
https://gdi.berlin.de/view/dop_2021 [available in German only]
(Accessed on 20 October 2022)

Environmental Atlas Contact

Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing
Mr. Hartbecke