Press release No. 251 of 18 July 2016
WIESBADEN – In 2014, businesses in Germany achieved a turnover of 3.7 billion euros with goods and services of the solar industry. Compared with 2011, which was the last year of strong economic performance, this was an overall decrease in turnover of 74.2% or 10.6 billion euros. The crisis in the solar industry in Germany had become apparent in the previous years already. In 2012, turnover had amounted to 9.5 billion, while in 2013 it had been 5.1 billion.