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for several months. My dear friend Alain Liebard was the chairman
of the working group on renewables; see his contribution in this
book.
The conclusions of the “Grenelle” are progressively being
translated into law. A highlight of this new interest in renewables
is a vigorous feed-in tariff (FIT) regulation for PV promotion in the
country, putting the right emphasis on building integration. More
details are given later in this text.
1.6.3 PV Start-Up in Germany
Since the 1960s, Germany has been actively involved in PV
for applications in space. AEG and Telefunken in Hamburg and
Heilbronn looked after silicon cells, ...