Q-Cells SE - 04.02.2010 - Q-Cells SE: Storm of protest over drastic cuts for solar subsidies

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04.02.2010	Storm of protest over drastic cuts for solar subsidies On Thursday, around 600 employees working for the solar companies Q-Cells, Solibro, Sovello, Calyxo and CSG Solar in Solar Valley Thalheim (Saxony-Anhalt) took part in Germany’s day of action to protest against the proposed cuts to subsidies for solar energy. Under the slogan “Curtailing solar energy means curtailing our future,” the workers voiced their disapproval of the plans tabled by Germany’s Christian Democrat environment minister Norbert Röttgen. With the feed-in tariff for solar electricity already reduced as planned at the beginning of 2010, Röttgen had intended to substantially reduce it again in April – jeopardising thousands of jobs in Germany’s photovoltaic industry.
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Storm of protest over drastic cuts for solar subsidies

On Thursday, around 600 employees working for the solar companies Q-Cells, Solibro, Sovello, Calyxo and CSG Solar in Solar Valley Thalheim (Saxony-Anhalt) took part in Germany’s day of action to protest against the proposed cuts to subsidies for solar energy. Under the slogan “Curtailing solar energy means curtailing our future,” the workers voiced their disapproval of the plans tabled by Germany’s Christian Democrat environment minister Norbert Röttgen. With the feed-in tariff for solar electricity already reduced as planned at the beginning of 2010, Röttgen had intended to substantially reduce it again in April – jeopardising thousands of jobs in Germany’s photovoltaic industry.

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