The government believes the current system of twice-yearly FIT reductions is merely fuelling end-of-year installation frenzies and, above all, is not curbing demand as much as the government desires.
In an emergency meeting with industry representatives on 19 January, environment minister Norbert Röttgen confirmed the government is looking to establish a new system whereby FIT reductions are implemented more regularly in response to market uptake – perhaps as often as once a month.
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