Solar PV grants · District of Munich
What does Taufkirchen pay for your solar system?
Taufkirchen currently has no programme that pays out money.
The energy-saving programme (since 1 Jan 2021) is “temporarily suspended because of the tight budget”, the municipality says. It does not say since when or until when.
- Solar PV funded, amount per guideline 5–10 % of the cost, capped suspended
- Battery storage funded, amount per guideline with the PV system suspended
- Plug-in solar funded, amount per guideline amount no longer online suspended
What would you get in Taufkirchen?
What your roof can yield in Taufkirchen: solar roof check →
Twelve measures, all suspended
Taufkirchen’s energy-saving programme ran from insulation to cargo bikes. Two items concerned solar power: a PV system (photovoltaics) only together with a battery, and mini PV systems (plug-in solar). It paid 5 to 10 % of the investment, capped. Since the budget got tight, all of it rests.
- PV system with battery suspended
- Mini PV system suspended
- Insulation suspended
- Windows and outer doors suspended
- Ventilation suspended
- Energy advice suspended
- Heating pump suspended
- District heating connection suspended
- KfW efficiency house suspended
- Thermal imaging walk suspended
- Cargo bike and e-cargo bike suspended
- Showcase projects suspended
What remains for solar power without the municipality
- PV system with battery
- 0 % VAT on modules, inverters and batteries for systems up to 30 kWp on or at residential buildings. § 12(3) UStG ↗
- No income tax on the income from systems up to 30 kWp per dwelling. § 3 No. 72 EStG ↗
- The KfW 270 loan for system and battery, through your bank. KfW 270 ↗
- Plug-in solar
- 0 % VAT here too. Tenants can require their landlord to allow a plug-in solar device; flat owners likewise their owners’ association (§ 20 WEG). § 554 BGB ↗
When it continues
The municipality names neither a date nor a decision, only the tight budget. What counts is the day of your application: ask before you order, tel. +49 89 666722-0. Municipality’s page ↗
List of measures (municipality’s page, archived 13 Aug 2024) ↗ · Information as of 12/11/2026. Not tax advice; without guarantee.
How it worked so far in Taufkirchen
- Grants of 5 to 10 % of the investment, capped per measure
- It also funded insulation, windows, ventilation, energy advice, pump replacement, district heating connections and cargo bikes
- Guideline and form are no longer online; the municipality answers questions, tel. +49 89 666722-0
Remind me to check whether money is back
Whether and when Taufkirchen 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 Taufkirchen
Our solar roof check run over 354 of the roughly 2,500 detached, two-family, semi-detached and terraced houses in Taufkirchen, with dormers, chimneys and the shade of neighbouring houses and trees.
- modules on a typical house
- 29
- half of the houses: 24 to 36
- electricity a year
- 11,600 kWh
- with 14.2 kWp
- output lost to shade
- 1.7 %
- from trees and neighbouring houses
A typical house in Taufkirchen takes 29 modules; the middle value across the 28 towns around Munich with a page of their own is 33.
This counts the house alone. For 34 % of the houses a garage or annex can be planned too: 8 more modules in the middle.
Where the roofs face
- south 16 %
- east or west 26 %
- north or flat 58 %
With a home battery
With 4,500 kWh used a year, a typical house in Taufkirchen covers about 41 % 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 229 days in 2025.
How we worked it out
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 11 November 2026.
What 10 kWp make here in a year
Facing south, 35° tilt, figures for Taufkirchen (PVGIS): about 11,300 kWh a year, 480 kWh in December, 1,260 kWh in June.
Frequent questions
Can I get a grant in Taufkirchen right now?
No. The energy-saving programme (since 1 Jan 2021) is “temporarily suspended because of the tight budget”, the municipality says. It does not say since when or until when.
Is there a grant for solar PV in Taufkirchen?
Under the guideline: funded as “PV system with battery”: 5 to 10 % of the investment, capped (the amounts are no longer online). Currently: suspended (as of 12 November 2026).
Does Taufkirchen fund home batteries (battery storage)?
Under the guideline: only together with the PV system, in the same item. Currently: suspended (as of 12 November 2026).
Does Taufkirchen fund plug-in solar?
Under the guideline: funded (“mini PV systems for households”), amount no longer online. Currently: suspended (as of 12 November 2026).
How many solar modules fit on a house in Taufkirchen?
The middle value is 29 modules with 14.2 kWp, making around 11,600 kWh a year; half of the houses take 24 to 36 modules. With a 10 kWh battery and 4,500 kWh used a year, about 84 % of the power comes from your own roof. Worked out over 354 houses in Taufkirchen.
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 Taufkirchen grant fits, and tell you when the application has to go in.
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