Anyone reading various media publications on the European photovoltaics industry during the first quarter of 2016 might have concluded that photovoltaics was on a downward slope: The industry publication PV-Magazine ran a story titled “Less than 1500 MW of new photovoltaic capacity in Germany in 2015”, while the French Environment Ministry also reported a decline in France. By comparison, in 2012 the added capacity reached 8.200 MW. Only the UK bucked the trend, with record additions in 2015, but even here a decline is expected for 2016 due to substantial changes in government support policies. Spain and Italy, previously among the leaders of the solar revolution, again added virtually no new capacity in 2015.More InformationKGAL market report photovoltaics 2016_H1
