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...German market has exploded since 2004. Today, because of their speed and flexibility, German solar outfits are outpacing their larger, more established Japanese rivals. But the mavericks leading the pack-- Conergy AG, Q-Cells AG and SolarWorld AG--have come up with three business models as different as they are successful...
...Cells is a model for the job creation the German government hoped for when it passed solar legislation. Although highly educated and technically skilled, the country is struggling with a 10% unemployment rate. Building an advantage on the next big technology, goes the thinking, could drive economic growth. "We feel there's a chance for Germany to be innovative, to create an industry and possibly be the leader," says Cornelia Viertl, a senior adviser at the German Federal Environment Ministry. Public awareness of environmental issues and a desire to be less dependent on Russian natural gas have created a favorable...
...what cost? Claudia Kemfert, an energy expert at the German Institute for Economic Research, warns that Germany's solar industry will falter if current policy changes: "The major point of criticism says that [solar] is too far from being competitive. It's a political question of whether the country wants to keep subsidizing it." Utility companies must now pay 8.36 euro cents per kW-h to windmill owners; for solar, the price is far higher, at 51 euro cents. The utilities charge about 20 euro cents per kW-h, with consumers paying an extra 0.5 euro-cent charge...
...Hamburg, Conergy's CEO is convinced that the business will outgrow the need for government support. He thinks his company has a good shot in the U.S. market, where solar has received lukewarm federal support. "Americans," he says, "love to get German engineering." Even the subsidized kind...
...distorts, slants, or colors whatever is viewed through it." Prism also happens to be the title of one of the works in the show-Imants Tillers' 1986 painting, from a private collection in Sydney. Assembled on 165 canvas boards and referencing both Expressionist Georg Baselitz's figure of a German soldier and Timmy Payungka Japangardi's Kangaroo and Shield People Dreaming, this postmodern picture puzzle announces the exhibition's intriguing but not wholly convincing contention-that multicultural voices and Aboriginal culture have colonized Australian art. "That's really the message we have-lots of cultural backgrounds coming into our show...