German Solar Subsidies at Stake as Ministers Clash Over Cuts
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Germany’s solar subsidy program, the subject of dispute between two ministers in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet, will take shape today as lawmakers debate support for developers in Europe’s biggest renewables market.
Economy Minister Philipp Roesler, who heads the Free Democratic Party junior coalition partner, proposes overhauling clean-energy support by capping new solar installations to curb costs. Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, of Merkel’s Christian Democrats, is seeking to increase the frequency of subsidy cuts and has in the past opposed a fixed limit.