As of March 2014, German Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel was planning 2 damaging policies for the local solar power sector (in my view):
- Reducing solar subsidies available under the Renewable Energy Act (EEG)
- Cutting the annual installation target for 2013 to 2.5 GW from 3.5 GW
- Much worse, introducing charges of about Eur0.044 per kWh on consumers that generate solar for their own use rather than sell it directly back to the grid.
The government will vote on the reform on April 8 and if
approved, the proposals will be adopted as new legislation on August
1.
Source: BSW-Solar press release & Clean Energy Pipeline
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