Attractive financing for solar energy : The German success and more important than funding

In order to grow strong, the Dutch solar energy industry – especially the PV-installation – a large home market requires. The nationwide scheme Promoting Sustainable Energy (SDE) does not give the required impetus. Cheap financing can generate a large domestic market, according to The Solar Future.

Germany has since 2000 a subsidy for renewable energy. This scheme is now almost twenty percent of renewable electricity in Germany. Moreover, there was a large German PV industry. That individuals and businesses with solar panels cheaply could finance a loan from the German government was crucial to this success. Most European countries have copied the successful German system. In the Netherlands the counter at seven per cent renewable electricity and a small PV industry, mainly in foreign supplies.