Germany to add record 5 GW solar power in 2010-govt
according to Reuters, BERLIN, March 18 (Reuters) - Germany will add more than 5,000 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity this year -- or nearly double the previous record of 3,000 megawatts that was installed in 2009, a senior German government official said on Thursday. Karin Freier, head of the Environment Ministry's solar energy department, said planned cuts of 16 percent in state subsidies that will take effect in July were fuelling the boom as investors rush to beat the deadline. "This year we'll definitely have 5,000 megawatts or maybe even more," she told a Euroforum conference. Germany is the world's photovoltaics leader with about 9,000 megawatts installed at the end of 2009 and some 58,000 jobs created in the last decade. "We want to maintain our world technology leadership and jobs. But on the other side we don't want to overheat the world market. We had to make the correction." She said it was still possible there could be small changes b...