Government rep feels heat at German PV symposium

The 30th Photovolatic Solar Energy Symposium in Bad Staffelstein, Germany, got off to a heated start on Wednesday when an official of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy told hundreds of PV industry reps that they, and not the government, bore the responsibility for the loss of thousands of jobs in the solar sector. Taking place at the majestic Banz Abbey, which was founded in 1070 near the city of Bamberg, the symposium is the longest-running PV industry event in Germany that draws hundreds of solar sector representatives. The conference is sponsored by the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy but that did little to ease the tension between participants and Dorothee Mühl, deputy director general of the ministry's ...

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