In Germany there are, as of September 2013, 35 Gigawatts of solar energy installed. This compares very poorly to the UK’s 1gigawatt of solar capacity. With all the starts and stops-the funding and then the cuts-the solar industry in the UK does not know if it is coming or going. More to the point the customers who would buy solar for their homes and their businesses have lost interest in this technology. We have just 1/35th of the solar Germany has and we have wasted over 3.5yrs precious time. This is time we and our planet’s climate do not have to waste.