Made in Germany | Solar Technology from Germany for the US

The California solar energy market is booming,and German manufacturers are getting their piece of the pie. Within six years,the German solar energy sector saw its turnover soar. Schott Solar in Alzenau,near Frankfurt am Main,is one of the successful players.In May the company will open a factory in New Mexico employing around 1000 people. The openness of the new US administration toward solar energy is giving them great hopes. Schott Solar already has a big chunk of business in the US. The total revenue last year rose by about 70 per cent to 482 million euros. Made in Germany reporter Joachim Eggers took a look around.

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[Cab94x]

german invetions are the best!

[Lintflas]

This doesn't change the fact that today Germany is world leader in renewable green energies and it created over 1,5 million jobs. In the beginning 90s Germany realized the new markets for green energy while the US has overslept it for a long time.

[sandustanBrasov]

SandustanBrasov

The test for nuclear fusion realisation on Tokamak's installations and with LASER cannot bring anything new for the energetics' future. I bind the thermonuclear controlled reactor schedule by the Sun model , by the reactive electromagnetic motor schedule from Palenque stone's tombe. You see the my project for thermonuclear controlled reactor.

[ericssson]

@d9n9 and ?? the car was developed in germany

but you build cars in the U.S do you see germany bitching

Solar Technology from Germany is on top of the food chain

get in the race or die you're almost dead anyway

[djjohn37]

@d9n9 quit your fuckin whining! the u.s. and all it stands for is about me!me!me! Germany and Japan have revolutionized the industry. Unless your rich and"green" and living in the U.S. you can't afford any of the solar tech. stuff anyway. Please quit whining about how much better our pathetic country is doing, than other countries that have been around for centuries before ours was founded. If your aware of how our country came to be in the first place, you should not complain!

[d9n9]

The photovoltaic technologies used by Schott were developed in Billerica, MA. The same facility that they are in the process of closing and eliminating 220 jobs. Curious that they don't mention that the US market panels were made in the US, by US labor, using US born technology.