Solar PV manufacturers ask European Commission for urgent action

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SolarPower Europe and 12 CEOs from PV manufacturers wrote to the European Commission to call for urgent action to support the redevelopment European solar manufacturing in the context of critical EU solar deployment and energy security targets.

Letter of PV manufacturers to European Commission

They welcome the recent REPowerEU and EU Solar Strategy, while pointing to international measures that are accelerating the global competition for solar PV value chains outside of Europe. The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) benefits for operating expenditure (Opex) and capital expenditures are resonating with investors.

Signatories highlight the recent IEA Special Report on supply chains, raising concern about the dominant concentration of supply chains in a single geography.

Letter Signatories:

BayWa r.e. CEO Matthias Taft

Enel Green Power CEO Salvatore Bernabei

FirstSolar CEO Mark Widmar

Fronius CEO Elisabeth Strauss-Engelbrechtsmüller

Goldbeck Solar CEO Joachim Goldbeck

IBC SOLAR CEO Udo Mohrstedt

Xabier Viteri, General Manager, Renewable Energy Business Iberdrola Group

Meyer Burger CEO Gunter Erfurt

Norwegian Crystals CEO Goran Bye

SMA Solar Technology CEO Jurgen Reinert

SolarPower Europe CEO Walburga Hemetsberger

Armin Froitzheim, Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director, Solarwatt

Wacker Chemie AG CEO Christian Hartel

CEOs want the Commission to replicate the EU Chips Act’s success for critical solar PV technology, and promote solar PV production in the National Resilience and Recovery Plans. This translates to accelerated financial support for large-scale manufacturing projects, and competitive Opex support, particularly for energy-intensive polysilicon and ingot/wafer production.

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