MRS Bulletin

  • MRS Bulletin September 2010 35 : pp 654-655
  • Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010
  • DOI: 10.1557/mrs2010.675 (About DOI)
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: January 2011

Energy Quarterly

Energy Quarterly

How sunlight became a commodity in Germany

Philip Ball

If you had to guess which country produces the most electrical power from photovoltaics (PV), you would probably draw candidates from sunny places such as the Middle East, the Mediterranean, or the United States. Germany, with its gray northern European skies, seems an unlikely contender.

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