Nobody (no mainstream party that is actually in government) is really taking degrowth as a goal.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
Germany also was the biggest country for solar energy, what it's essentially making a huge chunk of the energy production in summer in Europe, what started the industrialization of solar panels, making them dirt cheap. (Also Europe is not just Germany making a dumb decision before)
Solar has obvious downsides, but it happens to be essentially the perfect source of power for running AC. Hot weather has a very strong correlation with sunny weather! So blaming overly enthusiastic solar adoption for reticence to use AC doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
The dynamic energy price in Germany in sunny days even goes to negative: they pay you for using energy! Crazy. But there is lots and lots of solar systems. I know relatively many people installing 2 way heat pumps, so it may be changing.
Not really. The plan is to change for renewables. If they will be able to is another discussion.
Was there a plan ir just idea and lots of emotions?