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Europe is going to install all this solar to reduce our fossil fuel dependency... Oh wait

Punchin A Keyboard · 2023-08-19 11:27:00

Can't say that I am surprised any ramp up will take time https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/08/18/significant-bottlenecks-eu-has-same-amount-of-solar-panels-stockpiled-than-installed-says-

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Can't say that I am surprised any ramp up will take time https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/08/18/significant-bottlenecks-eu-has-same-amount-of-solar-panels-stockpiled-than-installed-says-

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#2 19-08-2023 3:11pm
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Not particularly surprised either, trained installers are often the bottleneck.
Particularly in a high inflation environment with low unemployment, not many people want to spend a few poorly paid years doing an apprenticeship when there's reasonable money to be made elsewhere with no experience
I've noticed a lot of planning permission applications for solar farms recently, I wonder if suppliers are stockpiling equipment for those larger projects when they start construction

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