The German Bundestag has voted in favour of cuts in solar incentives and approved new guidelines for renewable energies. With a majority of votes from the coalition, the law to change regulation regarding renewable energies (17/8877) passed the Bundestag on Thursday.
305 members of the Bundestag voted for, 235 against the new law that sees cuts in FiTs up to 32%. Further, a proposal by Die Linke to retract the cuts and to introduce a support program for the solar industry was declined.
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Environment minister Dr. Norbert Röttgen (CDU) defended the cuts once more. “The success story of photovoltaics will continue,” he said. The law will take effect from July 2012.
