Fox & Friends last week had the apparent bravery (or
ill-conceived agenda) to mention Germany’s huge solar power success. We’ve
written three articles in response to the Fox & Friends clip:
* Fox News: Can You Get Any More Insane?
* Fox News Fails BIG TIME On Solar Subsidies
* Germany Has More Solar Power Because Everyone Wins
Another article that might help those who have been confused
by Fox & Friends is this one (which I’ve been planning to write since
September 2012). The fact of the matter is, Germany has had insane success in
the solar industry arena. And there’s a lot that we can learn from the country
(many other countries have already done so).
1. Feed-in tariffs (aka CLEAN Contracts in the US) can drive
solar power growth like nothing else.
Well, maybe there are other things that could drive even
stronger growth, but nothing else has done so to date. Germany leads the world
in solar in many respects. As of the end of 2011, it had more solar power per
capita than any other country, it has more solar power relative to electricity
production than any country other than Italy (which has also used FiTs), and it
has more solar power per GDP than any country other than the Czech Republic
(which also followed Germany’s lead and implemented FiTs).