Solar power is a big part of Germany’s energy transition or “Energiewende”, which has seen the country’s renewable energy industry go from strength to strength. Back in 2000, the country generated barely 6 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources, mostly hydropower. By 2012, that figure had soared to 22 per cent. But now the energy transition is facing a transition of its own. Image: hddod
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