The Brandenburg state government is committed to maintaining the Brandenburg Glass Manufactory (GMB) at its site in Tschernitz, according to Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach. Steinbach told the German Press Agency on Wednesday that the state was in talks with the southern Brandenburg company and that he himself had recently visited GMB. However, in order to maintain photovoltaic production and thus also the production of glass panels in Germany, it is imperative that it can keep up with the significantly cheaper imports from China, for example, the minister made clear.
"In order to remain competitive, they are dependent on effective support from the federal government. The resilience bonus that has been under discussion at federal level for months would be just such support, but it is simply taking far too long. It urgently needs to be put in place quickly," Steinbach demanded. The aim of the bonuses is to make solar systems from primarily European production more economically attractive.
