{"id":325642,"date":"2024-05-02T17:37:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325642"},"modified":"2024-05-02T17:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:37:33","slug":"german-solar-industry-collapsing-unable-to-make-solar-panels-from-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325642","title":{"rendered":"German solar industry collapsing: unable to make solar panels from solar power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From JoNova <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jo Nova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About 90% of solar panels installed in Germany come from China, and earlier this year one of the last solar panel manufacturers closed in Germany. Last week, what was left of the industry begged for mercy (and subsidies) which they didn\u2019t get. Now another German solar panel manufacturer has closed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some cruel reason German factories which are close to their customers, can\u2019t compete with distant foreign factories which have access to slave labor, fossil fueled shipping and cheap coal fired electricity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bigger question, seemingly, is how did the country that invented the printing press, diesel engines, and the theory-of-relativity get fooled by such a stupid ploy? Someone told them they could save the world with unreliable energy, so they converted their generators to unreliable ones, only to discover that they can\u2019t afford to use unreliable generators to make the unreliable generators they need to keep saving the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only government stupider than Germany is the one that has already seen how badly this worked out and announces they\u2019re going to do the same thing. Australia is not only ten years too late, but China has flooded the market to the point where people are using solar panels as garden fences<\/a>, and we have our own glut of solar power at midday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last hope of the German solar industry was a government mandated \u201cbonus\u201d for people who bought German solar panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 23rd:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

German solar industry warns \u201clast chance\u201d for sector\u2019s renaissance could be missed<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin Wehrmann CleanEnergyWire<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carsten K\u00f6rnig, head of solar power lobby group BSW<\/a>,  \u2026added that the solar industry was disappointed by the decision to leave out a \u201cresilience bonus\u201d for installations made in Europe. Given the stiff competition between producers in the U.S. and Asia for securing a share of the market in solar panel production, K\u00f6rnig said including the bonus in the package would allow Germany to achieve greater supply security for the important future technology, adding that it is \u201cperhaps the last chance for a renaissance of Germany\u2019s solar industry\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 30:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solarwatt becomes second solar PV producer to halt production in Germany in 2024<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

 Carolina Kyllmann CleanEnergyWire<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solar panel manufacturer Solarwatt is set to halt production of solar photovoltaic (PV<\/a>) modules in its factory in Dresden, business daily Handelsblatt reported<\/a>. \u201cUnder the current circumstances, running a production facility here in Germany is extremely difficult economically, and we cannot justify this,\u201d Solarwatt head Detlef Neuhaus told the newspaper. The plant with an annual production capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) will close \u201cfor the time being\u201d at the end of August, with 190 jobs directly affected by the shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China generates 60% of its electricity with coal<\/a>, while Germany uses 32% coal, and 30% solar-and-wind power. What should Germany do, bring back coal, or get some slaves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solar panels are now in the\u00a0\u201ctop five\u201d worst slave industries in the world<\/a>, yet still barely any of the morality-police care. They\u2019re apparently too busy atoning for slavery they didn\u2019t cause that doesn\u2019t exist anymore to worry about slaves that are alive today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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