That brings new PV installations to 623MW from January through April 2014, compared to 1.14GW during the same period last year.

If the trend were to continue at the same pace, Germany would add only some 1.87GW in new PV capacity this year, a far cry from the 3.3GW it installed in 2013, and a fraction of the more than 7GW added each year between 2010 and 2012.

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