German Solar Industry Protests Cuts Amid Merkel Policy Deadlock
BLOOMBERG - Germany’s solar industry called for countrywide protests against Environment Ministry plans to slash subsidies, amid mounting frustration at the uncertainty caused by government deadlock over how far and fast to make the cuts.
As many as 10,000 workers from factories that make solar- power panels and their control systems will tomorrow protest Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen’s planned cuts, the BSW industry lobby group said. Companies including Solarworld AG, Q- Cells SE and First Solar Inc. will participate, it said.
“The 60,000 people working in the growing market for photovoltaic panels demand that the government put a stop to the clear cuts for solar support,” Carsten Koernig, head of the Berlin-based BSW, said in an e-mailed statement.
