Climate Changed
German Solar Installations Again Fall Short of Government Target
- Developers added just 1.75 gigawatts of solar panels last year
- Total is less than a quarter of the pace from 2010 to 2012
Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg
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German solar power additions fell below the government’s growth target in 2017, highlighting the stagnation the industry has suffered for a fourth year.
German utility-scale developers and private consumers added 1.75 gigawatts of panels last year, well below the government’s target for 2.5 gigawatts, the BSW solar federation said Wednesday. The 2017 tally is the less than a quarter of the 7.5-gigawatt growth rates notched up every year from 2010 to 2012.