alt Hacker Newsgermany stoped the investment and killed the solar industry. Not saying that China helped too, but we don't know if germany would have pushed through it without China.
germany stoped the investment and killed the solar industry. Not saying that China helped too, but we don't know if germany would have pushed through it without China.
That only happened after China started eating their (and Japan's) lunch. There's a great old chart which shows this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5_Largest_Producers_...
Right around that time Germany's solar boom started in earnest:
https://www.statista.com/chart/2397/solar-power-made-massive...
Which was powered largely by Chinese panels. Since we can't have nice things, tariffs were imposed:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_13_...