Solar boom in Altenburger Land: 5th place in the Thuringian Ranking!

Solar boom in Altenburger Land: 5th place in the Thuringian Ranking!

In Altenburger Land, something is happening in the field of solar energy: Currently over 180,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) are generated from solar systems. This number is rather average compared to other Thuringian counties, but is pointing a clear trend upwards, because the use of photovoltaics has increased in the past ten years. As lvz.de Currently fifth place in the Solar ranking of Thuringia with a total of 183,673 kWh. The region was still in first place four years ago, but was overtaken by stronger counties such as the Unstrut-Hainich district and the Wartburg district.

Overall, Thuringia creates a little less than 2.9 million kWh of solar systems this year, which is about 170 percent more than a decade ago. Interestingly, over 50 percent of this energy comes from open space systems in the Altenburger Land, and that is at least 101,000 kWh. Roof systems have around 78,000 kWh, while other types of solar systems generate around 4,000 kWh.

News from the Posterstein Solar Park

An exciting development in Altenburger Land is the construction of a new solar park in Posterstein. The official start of construction was heralded on March 11, 2025 with a solemn groundbreaking ceremony. A total output of 49 megawatt peak (MWP) is planned, which should generate around 50 million kWh annually-enough electricity for around 14,000 four-person households. Member of the State Parliament Christoph Zippel and Mayor Stefan Jakubek have already given this project symbolic importance, and the municipality hopes for revenue of around 100,000 euros from this project every year, such as

The construction work should be completed by September 2025, and the commissioning of the solar park is also planned this year. Agricultural areas are rededicated, but at the same time a flower meadow, which benefits locally based flora and fauna. A small festival for opening the park is already being planned to bring the unique technology closer to the citizens.

The boom of solar energy in Thuringia is obvious: on December 31, 2024, there were already around 100,000 solar systems in the Free State, which corresponds to a significant increase compared to the previous year. Around 12,700 new facilities were put into operation in the first half of 2024. Interestingly, the demand for balcony PV systems has increased, which increased new units by 5,843 last year and is now increasing to around 14,000 balcony systems in Thuringia. On average, there are 47 photovoltaic systems per 1,000 inhabitants, such as the thega.de

Solar energy in Thuringia not only develops quantitatively, the feed-in is also significant: the installed performance of the PV systems is now 2,801 megawatts and covers 23 percent of power consumption in the Free State.

Overall, it turns out that the Altenburger Land and Thuringia control into a sustainable future through the further development of solar energy. With projects such as the large solar park in Posterstein, the region is strongly involved in the debate about renewable energies and shows a feel for innovative approaches to energy generation.