Solar power in Austria contributes 8.82 TWh of generation to the Austrian grid, accounting for 11.2% of total electric power generation as of 2024, with 8.48 GW of installed capacity.

In addition to supporting PV installations through permitting simplification and cash grants, the Austrian government is targeting 100% renewable electricity generation by 2030.

In 2009, the site of Zwentendorf power station became Austria's largest solar power station with an investment of 1.2 million Euro, with the addition of 1,000 photovoltaic panels.History Zwentendorf was intended to be Austria's first nuclear power plant, but after a vote in 1978 prohibiting nuclear power in Austria, was never completed.Austrian Nuclear Plant Becomes Solar Power Station In September, 2011, Austria's largest solar power station, 2 MW, was under construction in the Niedere Tauern mountain range.Albasolar provides 2MW for the largest solar Park in Austria

Austria has also a large capacity of solar heating at its disposal. With more than 3,500 MWthermal the country ranks second in the EU, only behind much larger Germany. EurObserv'ER: Solar thermal and concentrated solar power barometer - May 2014

Targets Austria aims to achieve a 100% renewable electricity production by 2030 with 1,000,000 homes having solar panels fitted by that date. 11 TWh of extra photovoltaics will be needed above 2021 levels.

Photovoltaic installations

Statistics

Austria 2013 - key figures Final electricity consumption 56 TWh Inhabitants 8 million Irradiation 1,027 kWh/kW PV installations in 2013 263 MW PV cumulative capacity in 2013 626 MW PV penetration 1.1% Source: IEA-PVPS, Trends2014

+ Photovoltaic installations in Austria since 1999 Year Added(MWp) Cumulative(MWp) Refs 1999 0.8 3.7 2000 1.2 4.9 2001 1.6 6.5 2002 3.8 10.3 2003 6.5 16.8 2004 4.3 21.1 2005 2.9 24.0 2006 1.6 25.6 2007 3.1 28.7 2008 3.7 32.4 2009 20.2 52.6 2010 42.9 95.5 2011 91.7 187.2 2012 176 362.9 2013 263 626 2014 140 766 2015 171 937 2016 159 1096 2017 131 1268 2018 187 1455 2019 247 1702 2020 341 2043 2021 740 2783 2022 1009 3792 2023 2603 6890 2024 2509 9398 Source: IEA-PVPS, Trends2013, Trends2014, Snapshot2014, Snapshot2020, energie.gv.at

See also

Solar power in the European Union Wind power in Austria List of renewable energy topics by country

References

External links Monitored PV installations in Austria