What is the energy partnership between Germany and China?

In early 2013, the countries agreed to intensify their collaboration on establishing environmentally friendly energy supply. The energy partnership is the central platform for institutionalised energy policy dialogue between Germany and China.

What is the Sino-German energy partnership?

The energy partnership is the central platform for institutionalised energy policy dialogue between Germany and China. The Sino-German Energy Partnership is part of the global programme on Supporting Bilateral Energy Partnerships in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies.

Are German solar companies taking over the world's solar power supply chain?

He says that starting around a decade ago, German companies watched as their Chinese rivals took over every step of the global solar power supply chain. Last year, China made 97% of the silicon wafers that go into solar panels and more than three-quarters of the world's solar panels themselves.

How did Germany become a global leader in solar power?

That's when the government incentivized solar panels with feed-in tariffs, paying solar panel owners back for contributing energy to the grid. The incentives made Germany a global leader in solar power, putting the country at the center of the industry's research and development.

How can Germany & China collaborate on the energy transition?

Regular working group meetings and high-level bilateral meetings facilitate in-depth political and technical dialogue between German and Chinese decision-makers on the energy transition. Priority areas of the cooperation are expanding renewable energies and increasing energy efficiency in industry and buildings.

Will Germany resurrect a solar power industry?

For Germany, it would mean resurrecting a solar power industry that last experienced a boom more than a decade ago and has since succumbed to competition in China, which has come to dominate the market.