Actually Mac the Germans are not stopping subsidies, according to an article in Der Spiegel this week. Unfortunately they are concentrating the money on solar and less on wind and geothermal, even though wind and geothermal are 5-10times more efficient than solar. They currently have 26 GW of solar capacity installed. This decision is not popular with the greens they would rather see more investment in wind, geothermal and biomass.,
With regard to the UK, they are talking about mature technologies subsidies such as those for solar and onshore wind generation. Utility companies expect those to be fully viable economically by 2020. Offshore wind would still need economic assistance because of the technical challenges. Even the greens are calling for an end to subsidies for onshore wind and solar in Germany and the UK.
