Solar panels on the roof of an apartment in Leichlingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
In Germany solar panels adorn more than a million roofs with 300,000 systems having been installed in the past three years supplying 12% of all the country's electricity. Householders and businesses can earn 8% to 10% returns on investing in their own home systems and in some cases pay their mortgages with the income earned.
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Location: Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Photo credit: © Clynt Garnham / Alamy / Afripics
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