
352 PV in Europe, from 1974 to 2009
18.3 Innovation and Industrial Production during the
Decade between 1998 and 2008
After my retirement in the year 1996 from the laboratories and
the end of my activity as lecturer in 1998, I acted essentially as
an observer of the solar photovoltaic scene and the task remaining
was to consult various companies and writing reports to the
Swiss Energy Department (Bundesamt f
¨
ur Energie) on progress in
crystalline Si solar cells and new developments.
The great push to solar photovoltaic industry in Europe was
induced by the political decision in Germany to stimulate solar
photovoltaics. This ended up in a law on the feed-in ...