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Germany’s PV cap must go – now

Last month’s column pointed out the transregional causes and trends that could lead to a year-end rally, the associated module and inverter bottleneck, and an inevitable increase in prices. This month, Martin Schachinger of pvXchange homes in on the German market to show what consequences unwise action – or rather, inaction – by the federal government could have for the further, urgently needed expansion of photovoltaics.

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pv magazine

16 Sep 2019

Module price index for September 2019. | Graph: pv magazine, pvXchange.com

As the headline suggests, I am concerned with the 52 GW cap still in place under Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). According to the Federal Network Agency, by the end of June the total installed capacity of PV systems in Germany had reached just under 48 GW. If this is extrapolated – taking into …

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