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Bavaria matters big time, both for the renewables industryand for the electoral fortunes of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-rightcoalition at the national level.

With a record 10% share for PV in its electricityconsumption last year and an installed solar capacity of 9.6GW, Germany’s sunnysouthern powerhouse has been a motor for the global solar industry. It islikely to remain that for years to come.

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