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This is stupid given that Germany needs every watt of new generation it can get in order to reduce electricity prices (if anything, to kickstart their industrial might again)
You see the last government was the best we had in decades, possibly generations. And they were unpopular. So the new government is doing the opposite. Theyβre stupid and their policies are destructive for the economy and society. But hey, at least they are even more unpopular than the last government!
It's going to happen worldwide and it is less of a reflection of a lack of interest, but the current price of PVs mean they are economical even without subsidies. link
I think this is a good thing, IF the subsidies are shifted from PV to other de-carbonising measures (e.g. increased heating system replacement subsidies).
If German electricity was cheap, like in Portugal Here I would say it is reasonable to reduce the amount of subsidies. However German electricity prices appear to be double that, likely constraining industry
I would agree with you generally, but this case is a bit different. Currently, you can get compensation for feeding electricity into the grid. For small PV systems this is negligible (though it used to be substantial), but larger ones exceeding I'd say 10 kW can still recuperate some of the costs that way while covering their need. In addition, large commercial plants could get compensation for electricity production exceeding the local grid's capacity to incentivise the development both of local grids (to save cash) and for local providers to increase generation capacity early on.
The current ministry is essentially slashing all these incentives (and turning them around: you have to pay to be connected to the grid) which is likely going to lead to a second crash in the PV market.
We'll, thats where the problem lies......