Resilience bonuses as “industrial policy nonsense” – 1KOMMA5° boss criticizes “Old Solar”. Annual increase in solar energy in Germany is 14.1 gigawatts (vbw) Long-term goal of annual solar energy expansion is 20.0 gigawatts.

Chinese manufacturers sell such quantities of solar modules, and at such low prices, that traditional German producers can no longer keep up with the price war. Chinese share of global photovoltaic production is around 80 percent.