China’s alternative to the real estate sector is creating new problems

China’s cheap solar cells are already fueling concerns about deindustrialization in Europe. In Germany, dependency could increase with the demise of Meyer Burger – a risk, according to Gunter: If you can no longer get solar panels from China because of a geopolitical crisis, you would have to create a new solar industry out of nothing. “This will seriously undermine the autonomy with which you can pursue your green agenda,” he says. There is no need to decouple from China. “But I think a mix where you let 100 percent China produce the solar energy we need is unrealistic and naive,” he says.