Federal Council urges support for the solar industry: “The ball is in the finance minister’s court”. Solar manufacturers in Germany find themselves with their backs to the wall due to overwhelming competition from China.

Now the states are urging the federal government to support them. The reason given is that Chinese manufacturers flooded the market with modules at dumping prices. Dumping attacks and cheap imports of Chinese solar modules are endangering our solar industry,’ said Saxony's Energy Minister Wolfram Günther.