Solar PV grants · District of Starnberg
What does Gauting pay for your solar system?
In Gauting the application deadline for 2024 ended on 31 December 2024.
The last round, in 2024, funded plug-in solar only (budget line €10,000); the guideline was valid until 31 Dec 2024. The double budget 2025/2026 holds €0 for energy-saving measures, as does the plan up to 2029. The municipality’s programme page is no longer online; we found no decision that expressly suspends the programme. Source ↗
- Solar PV not funded 2024 plug-in solar only
- Battery storage not funded 2024 plug-in solar only
- Plug-in solar funded, amount per guideline €125 per module, at most €250 deadline passed
What would you get in Gauting?
What your roof can yield in Gauting: solar roof check →
The Würm valley compared
Gauting last funded anything in 2024, and only plug-in solar. The municipality’s budget holds no money for it in the coming years. What the neighbours in the Würmtal pay is below.
The budget line “energy-saving measures”
actual: money actually spent budget and plan: money set aside (budget and financial plan)
2024 (€10,000): plug-in solar only, €125 per module, at most €250. The guideline was valid until 31 Dec 2024.
The programme page no longer exists, and we found no decision that expressly suspends it. New money would have to be provided by the council in a future budget.
Source: double budget 2025/2026 of the municipality of Gauting, budget line 98800.
The neighbours today
This is the most the neighbours pay under their guidelines. The badge shows whether money is available right now.
- Planegg Current
- Battery
- €2,400
- Plug-in
- €200
- Gräfelfing Budget used up
- Rooftop PV
- €1,000
- Battery
- €300
- Plug-in
- €150
- Krailling Nothing found
Checked on 28 October 2026.
Each municipality pays only for houses in its own area.
Good to know in Gauting
- The power grid in Gauting belongs to Stromnetz Würmtal GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Bayernwerk Netz GmbH; the Würmtal Holding of Gauting, Krailling and Planegg holds 25.5 % of it (press release of 20 Jul 2017). For registration, the 2024 guideline names Bayernwerk as the grid operator. Bayernwerk press release ↗
- Whether your roof is suitable is shown by the Starnberg district’s solar cadastre. Open the solar cadastre →
Information as of 3 Nov 2026. Without guarantee; the municipalities’ guidelines apply.
How it worked in Gauting until 2024
- Apply by email to the municipality’s environment office, before work starts (that is how 2024 worked)
- After applying you may start at your own risk; the grant is certain only with the approval notice
- Then a payout request with invoice, proof of payment, a photo and proof of registration (Marktstammdatenregister and grid operator)
- Main residence in Gauting; tenants and leaseholders too. The budget holds €0 for 2025 to 2029
Remind me to check whether money is back
Whether and when Gauting funds again is not known today. A calendar reminder helps you check the municipality’s page later.
Check whether money is back
The calendar entry names the municipality’s page and the last guideline.
What fits on the roofs in Gauting
Our solar roof check run over 396 of the roughly 5,100 detached, two-family, semi-detached and terraced houses in Gauting, with dormers, chimneys and the shade of neighbouring houses and trees.
- modules on a typical house
- 37 half of the houses: 28 to 50
- electricity a year
- 15,200 kWh with 18.1 kWp
- output lost to shade
- 2.7 % from trees and neighbouring houses
A typical house in Gauting takes 37 modules; the middle value across the 24 towns around Munich with a page of their own is 33.
This counts the house alone. For 35 % of the houses a garage or annex can be planned too: 8 more modules in the middle.
Where the roofs face
- south 28 %
- east or west 29 %
- north or flat 43 %
With a home battery
With 4,500 kWh used a year, a typical house in Gauting covers about 46 % of it from the panels alone. A battery raises the part from your own roof:
With a 10 kWh battery the house would have needed no power from the grid on 262 days in 2025.
Your own roof in the solar roof check → Estimate from the 3D building model (LoD2, Bavarian Surveying Administration, CC BY 4.0), output per direction from PVGIS; battery figures with the roof faces of a house from the middle of the town and German Weather Service measurements for 2025. Your roof may differ. As of 3 November 2026.
What 10 kWp make here in a year
Facing south, 35° tilt, figures for Gauting (PVGIS): about 11,300 kWh a year, 480 kWh in December, 1,260 kWh in June.
Frequent questions
Can I get a grant in Gauting right now?
No. In Gauting the application deadline for 2024 ended on 31 December 2024. The last round, in 2024, funded plug-in solar only (budget line €10,000); the guideline was valid until 31 Dec 2024. The double budget 2025/2026 holds €0 for energy-saving measures, as does the plan up to 2029. The municipality’s programme page is no longer online; we found no decision that expressly suspends the programme.
Is there a grant for solar PV in Gauting?
not funded (2024 plug-in solar only)
Does Gauting fund home batteries (battery storage)?
not funded (2024 plug-in solar only)
Does Gauting fund plug-in solar?
Under the guideline: €125 per PV module, at most €250 per system. Currently: deadline passed (as of 3 November 2026).
When do I have to apply?
Before you order. Once the application is in, you may sign, at your own risk: the grant is only certain once it is approved.
How many solar modules fit on a house in Gauting?
The middle value is 37 modules with 18.1 kWp, making around 15,200 kWh a year; half of the houses take 28 to 50 modules. With a 10 kWh battery and 4,500 kWh used a year, about 94 % of the power comes from your own roof. Worked out over 396 houses in Gauting.
What is there besides the municipality?
Everywhere in Germany: the KfW loan 270 for system and battery through your bank, and 0 % VAT on panels, inverters and batteries up to 30 kWp. The Free State of Bavaria pays no grant.
We know the programme
In the first consultation we plan your system so that the Gauting grant fits, and tell you when the application has to go in.
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