Much has been made of the fact that German Solar power generated up to 1/2 of the countries power at times this summer. However the government subsidies are killing consumers with record high power costs. at times in the summer there is too much power generated. At night and in the winter costly imported power must be used. The treehuggers were successful is starting to dismantle the counties successful Nuclear industry.
This is the direction Obama wants to take us instead of utilizing our clean, cheap natural gas like Romney will do.
German Solar Subsidies to Remain High with Consumers Paying the Price - SPIEGEL ONLINE