Green power generation from solar energy was well above target in March 2021. Wind, on the other hand, blew less strongly than expected. "Overall, March was a good month for renewables," says Markus W. Voigt, CEO of aream Group.

Germany managed around 106 percent target achievement for production from photovoltaics, and Italy was even higher at 108 percent. "In Spain, on the other hand, solar farms came in at only 94 percent of target in March," says Voigt. Taken together, the results are two percent above target overall. In wind, the German plants recorded a target achievement of 85 percent. "Even though some days were definitely stormy, March remained a low-wind month," Voigt says. 

The figures show once again how important it is to have a good mix of energy forms and locations when it comes to renewables. "Over the course of the year, the fluctuations always even out," Voigt says. This has significance for two issues: "For investors, the returns from investments in renewable energies are easy to calculate if there is a good mix in the portfolio." If you only invest in one wind farm or one solar farm, you will be hit much harder by the fluctuations. 

"On the other hand, it also shows that green energy generation is now also suitable as the backbone of energy supply," Voigt said. "There have been no grid failures, nor has there been too little power available." This means that policymakers should definitely now focus on renewables as the main energy source, with the phase-out technologies of coal, gas or nuclear power serving to cushion consumption peaks. "We have already achieved the energy turnaround, it's just that no one has really translated it into political action yet," says Voigt.