The three year storage subsidy extension revealed today by German's Federal Economic Minister Volker Hoppenbrock at the 16th Forum Solarpraxis in Berlin will likely mean Germany regains top spot as Europe's largest solar market in 2016, Daniel Roca, Panasonic's U.K. country manager, told pv magazine. The likely extension of the subsidies for German storage has been warmly welcomed by attendees at the Forum. Previously, it had been confirmed that Germany would end the scheme on December 31, 2015, but Hoppenbrock's announcement represents a complete u-turn that will likely support "moderate" growth of Germany's solar industry. "The extension is three years, rather than just a 12-month extension, which will give the market renewed confidence," said Roca. "This will lead to a moderate increase in installations compared to 2015, casting away some of the uncertainty that had been clouding the future of the residential market in particular." Next year will see growth in Germany's solar market continue to shift away from commercial and increasingly towards residential, where the emergence of community-based ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...