11 October 2022
In the context of critical EU solar deployment and energy security targets, yesterday 12 CEOs from leading PV manufacturers, and the CEO of SolarPower Europe, wrote to the European Commission to call for urgent action to support the redevelopment European solar manufacturing.
- In an open letter, 13 CEOs of leading European solar organisations urge the European Commission to take bold action to boost investment in Europe’s solar PV industrial base, in order to reinforce the Commission’s solar deployment and energy security ambitions.
- Pointing to global developments in solar PV manufacturing support schemes in US and India, signatories call on EU leaders to build on the continent’s legacy of leadership in solar energy research.
- Highlighting a recent International Energy Agency (IEA) Special Report on solar PV chains, the letter raises concerns over the dominant concentration of supply chains in a single geography.
- Specifically, signatories call for additional support measures in the short-term replicating the success of the EU Chips Act and promoting solar PV production in the National Resilience and Recovery Plans.
Read the full joint letter
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Signatories of the letter
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