
Chapter 16
The Kick-Off PV Programme in Germany:
The One Thousand PV Roofs Programme
Walter Sandtner
German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT)
now in Vienna, Austria
A number of factors have contributed to the remarkable develop-
ment of renewable energies, especially of PV, in Germany: the oil
crisis of 1974, the widespread anti-nuclear attitude of the German
population, the climate issue, the dream of entirely environmental-
friendly energy forms, to some extent also the lack of economic
considerations, etc.
The development took place in three phases:
• from 1974 to 1989: the research phase;
• from 1989 to 2000: the demonstration phase; ...