The programme, carried out via subsidised loans from German development bank KfW and introduced in 2013, is scheduled to run out at the end of this year.
"As the programme has fulfilled its purpose and successfully has supported the market introduction of PV battery storage systems that are conducive to the power system, there is no more need to continue the support," Gabriel said in the letter to the economics and energy committee of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament.
