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market (we have a World Trade Organization, after all). Fortunately,
PV competitiveness is making great strides in important market
sectors. It will only be a few years before support of the kind
provided by the EEG will lose its key importance. The point where
we reach “grid parity” is fast approaching—when PV electricity
becomes cheaper than that provided by the grid. This is not going
to happen everywhere at the same time—as it depends on local
solar resources and conventional grid tariffs—but where it happens,
the role of governments and administrations will be diminished one
step further: the only regulation needed