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Old 04-17-12, 11:29 AM   #22
Diopos
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Second, Asian companies saw that the idealistic Germans subsidised EVERY producer of solar panels, not just their own (which was once the idea behind subsidies, right? To boost your own economy!? But the Germans and their imperial idealism, you know...). They therefore bought shares of German producers to gain influence and know-how in German production, and they increased their own (far superior) production capacities, with estimated over 85% of the subsidies now going not to German companies, but Chinese and other Asian ones.
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Just heard that ther would be an extra "bonus" (aka subsidy) for installation of European-made panels in Greece but have not pinpointed a written "source" yet.

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