A German bill to increase the expansion of solar photovoltaics is undergoing its first reading in the Bundestag.

Dennis Rendschmidt, Managing Director of VDMA Power Systems, said: “The law is an important step towards further strengthening the expansion of photovoltaics in Germany.

“For the resilience of the energy supply, it is now important that the perspective for a European PV supply chain is included in the EEG in order to ensure fair framework conditions.

“To achieve this, a competitive level playing field must be created and the value of European production must be recognised.”