EPIA发表《致默克尔公开信》，矛头直指德国削减上网电价补贴举动

EPIA(欧洲太阳能产业协会)主席英格玛·威廉(Ingmar Wilhelm)日前将近期的上网电价补贴削减举动形容为“苛刻”，并发表了致德国总理默克尔的一封公开信，为反对对相关法案进行修改。英文编辑乔杜里女士参加了与三月五日在德国柏林举行的逾两万人参与的反对示威游行，此次游行清楚地显示出产业对于该国政府大幅修改补贴计划等的不满。

目前，在面对整个产业所表达出如此强烈的反对声音后，政府是否仍旧实施削减政策还是个未知数。


Dear Chancellor Merkel,

As the voice of the solar photovoltaic industry in Europe, EPIA is concerned together with many other companies, business leaders and associations about your Government’s decision to dramatically reduce feed-in tariffs for PV in Germany.

We would like to stress that this decision sends the wrong message about renewables at a critical time for the industry and for efforts by Germany and the greater EU to achieve our future energy goals. No one believes that PV support schemes should last forever – not even for much longer – and everyone knows that these need to be smart, sustainable and properly adapted to changing market conditions. However, this does not mean that they should be reduced all of a sudden and to unsustainable levels.

Germany’s “Energiewende” is a commitment to a future powered by renewable energy and inspires not only Europe but also many other regions in the world. This can become a real German success story. It establishes renewables as the pillar of your national energy supply in the very near future. Like many renewable energy associations from around the globe, we applaud Germany for its courage, foresight, and leadership in engaging into the Energiewende.

However, we also express our deep concern about your Government’s decision to make so harsh of a cut in the feed-in tariff at this time.

In recent years, gradual and measured reductions of support schemes have helped shrink significantly the competitiveness gap between PV and conventional electricity sources. Unfortunately, the Government’s new proposal risks creating an unreliable regulatory climate threatening not only the entire PV industry but also renewables investors’ confidence in your own country.

All potential investors in PV, from ordinary citizens to small and medium sized companies as well as larger investors, need assurance when they commit to a clean, sustainable, and secure energy source and that they will not be taken on an incentive-level roller-coaster ride.

Thanks also to strong German policies in recent years, PV has significantly driven down its unit costs, thereby gaining a tangible market share and paving the way to becoming a mainstream part of the energy mix. With solar PV getting ever closer to a level of true cost competitiveness compared to all conventional sources of power generation, we now need policies that maintain this momentum in order to reach that goal soon.

Together with our German partner association, we are at your disposal to highlight different, cost-efficient and sustainable solutions which would allow us not to lose the momentum of this promising technology and its importance for research and development, investment and job creation in Europe.

Yours sincerely,

Ingmar Wilhelm

President