In January, Norbert Röttgen (Federal Minister for the Environment) remarked that “the more solar energy there is, the greater the load to the power distribution grid is.” This notion is cropping up more and more often in the media, despite the fact that it is a straight-out misconception. This is the general line of argumentation that is resorted to when the debate on costs runs up against a wall. And now is no exception. The truth of the matter is that the load on the power distribution grid becomes less, and not more with solar energy. For this reason, we need to continue to expand photovoltaics, and not halt it.
