Germany Goes Whole-Hawg on Solar Cells

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https://www.deutschland.de/en/news/record-figures-for-new-solar-installations-in-germany

More than one million solar plants were installed in 2023 –
more than ever before. The industry expects the solar boom
to continue.

According to the solar industry, more new solar plants for
generating electricity and heat were installed in Germany
last year than ever before. The German Solar Industry
Association says that more than one million new systems were
fitted. A large number of these were so-called balcony power
plants. In 2023, some 270,000 so-called plug-in solar devices
were put into operation in Germany – four times as many as
in 2022.

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Seeing its cheap Russian gas supply cut off DID motivate
Germany to steer heavily towards solar (far more than
the lip-service to 'global warming').

HOWEVER ... it MUST be noted that solar panels have a
LIFETIME ... some as low as 15-20 years. They also
AGE - less juice every year until they finally do
crap out entirely.

They are also EXPENSIVE ... the up-front costs are severe
before you ever, maybe, get to the savings part.

Oh, and these days, most are made in China ... which
wants to take over the world - and not in a nice way.

In any case ... all this money and effort ... what happens
before baby Klaus goes to university ? All those cells will
be end-of-life (and what to DO with them all ?).