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10 Mar 2023, 13:29
Benjamin Wehrmann

National solar PV strategy aims to strengthen Germany's renewable power sovereignty

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A new solar PV strategy (BMWK) is intented to deliver a breakthrough in the technology鈥檚 expansion on the path to the country鈥檚 2030 renewable power targets and re-establish large-scale solar power module production capacities in Germany. Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck debated the together with the energy ministers from Germany鈥檚 states and stakeholders from the industry, explaining that the paper will bundle concrete steps for roughly tripling the national capacity over the course of this decade to 215 gigawatts (GW). 鈥淲e need to forcefully pursue the expansion of renewable energy sources, and this can only be done if all actors work towards the same goal,鈥 Habeck said after the summit with state representatives. The strategy will be debated among stakeholders in the coming weeks and is supposed to turn into a law later this year, he said. It is focussing both on ground-mounted and on roof-mounted solar PV installations, each of which will have to contribute about half of the required expansion in the next years. For larger ground-mounted installations, solving conflicts over land use is the biggest hurdle. Giving tenants better access to electricity from installations on the buildings they live in is the greatest lever for roof-mounted solar power, Habeck said. Regarding the challenge of strengthening domestic production capacities to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, the minister said Germany had been 鈥渘egligent enough to let a frontrunner industry move to China鈥 in the past decade. This shortcoming should now be addressed by 鈥渙rganising and industrial scale-up of green technologies in Germany,鈥 Habeck said. The competitive disadvantage of higher wages and difficult access to raw materials could be reduced by government support to 鈥済et over a threshold鈥 that enables German and European manufacturers to stand on their own again.

Carsten K枚rning, head of solar industry association BSW Solar, stressed that the country will have to achieve an annual expansion increase of 30 percent for the next four years in a row to come anywhere near the goal of bringing the solar share in Germany's power mix from currently about 10 percent to 30 percent by the end of the decade. 鈥淭he path we鈥檝e chosen is steep and the required speed challenging,鈥 K枚rnig said, adding that current investments in solar PV give reason for optimism that the industry can take off again. 鈥淪olar energy is the oil of this millennium,鈥 K枚rnig said, stressing that other regions, including the U.S. and India, also try to establish an integrated domestic solar power industry. He called for rigorous 鈥渢emporary鈥 industry support, adding that a careful balance between sovereignty and openness to trade is needed to succeed.

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