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Gossip reigns in Dutch Solar-land

If the world of solar was a newspaper, it would be a tabloid. There is no sector where gossip spreads quite so quickly and ultimately does not contribute much. For an example, Good! New Energy’s Rolf Heynen looks back to 2013, when Europe introduced the Minimum Import Price on Chinese solar panels.

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pv magazine

25 Feb 2019

Solar Solutions Int. 2019 will be the second largest solar show in Europe, according to organizers Good! New Energy. | Image: Good! New Energy

Panic struck in the Netherlands in 2013, and some said the whole sector would go down like the Titanic. But, of course, it didn’t. Then, a few years later the net metering scheme was questioned. Once again, cue panic.In the meantime, the Dutch solar sector continued to grow at a double-digit rate. The Netherlands will …

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