Interview in Photovoltaik.eu: Johann Wimmer: “We need simple and clear regulations”
Solar power is solidarity power: Johann Wimmer is the founder and Managing Director of Enwitec Electronic in Wurmannsquick. He gives politicians a clear mandate.
We now need the proposals from the climate package to be implemented as quickly as possible. Otherwise there will be a gap in the market because ignorance and uncertainty will spread. So far, there is no clear and long-term planning security. Grid connection is very complicated for the various system outputs, and this needs to be simplified. We need stable feed-in tariffs, the simpler and clearer the better. Otherwise there will be constant ripples in the market.
We need three to five years’ lead time, and not just with announcements, but with concrete action. I got into the industry back in 1980, initially through electrical installation. Back then, we sold the modules piece by piece, which opened up a niche. At peak times we had 300 employees, today we still have 45. I hope that politicians will remove the hurdles through simple regulations. Then people and companies in our country will be able to make ever greater use of the advantages of photovoltaics.
