In many ways Germany's renewable infrastructure was first of its kind, because Germany paid for the entire industry to get kickstarted.
Just like semiconductors needed ridiculously overpaid government contracts to get started at the beginning of Silicon Valley, solar needed a massive government funded effort to kick start the beginnings of the industry.
And unlike nuclear, which never got cheaper as we built more, solar is plummeting in price on a consistent schedule.
And whether or not it is a first of kind, the estimated for the FOAK build were wildly off and inaccurate, whereas with solar, Germany knew exactly the amount of financial risk they were taking by buying high.
Just like semiconductors needed ridiculously overpaid government contracts to get started at the beginning of Silicon Valley, solar needed a massive government funded effort to kick start the beginnings of the industry.
And unlike nuclear, which never got cheaper as we built more, solar is plummeting in price on a consistent schedule.
And whether or not it is a first of kind, the estimated for the FOAK build were wildly off and inaccurate, whereas with solar, Germany knew exactly the amount of financial risk they were taking by buying high.