"The Ministry of Industry has decided to cut spending on solar energy as part of the austerity measures designed to reduce Spain’s budget deficit. It has announced that it is planning to drastically reduce the large subsidies that solar energy producers receive. Subsidies will be cut by up to 45% for new solar photovoltaic energy plants and there will be cuts of up to 25% for large roof installations and cuts of up to 5% for smaller roof installations." (Quoted from article)