Germany's solar woes dim the promise of green jobs

Christian Science Monitor: It has been a rough year for Germany's solar panel manufacturers. Hailed not long ago as a promising new sector ripe with job opportunities, the industry is now seeing its biggest players succumb to over-production and stiff competition from Asian firms. "It is fair to say that the industry is in a crisis," says Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, director of energy policy research at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. The latest casualty of the downturn is Q-Cells SE, once one of the world's leading...

URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2012/0413/Germany-s-solar-woes-dim-the-promise-of-green-jobs
Enclosure: http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2012/0411-germany-solar-green-jobs/12248487-1-eng-US/0411-germany-solar-green-jobs_full_380.jpg