Press Releases
ESMC’s latest press releases.
Here you’ll find the latest press releases from ESMC. To get in contact with any of the chairmen of the ESMC board or ask for comments on the latest press release:
NEWS ARCHIVE
Continuity and strong signals for the further development of the European Solar Industry: this is what the ESMC board of directors, elected by the members of the manufacturers' association at their Annual General Meeting on March 10, 2025, stands for. The co-chair Carsten Rohr, Chief Commercial Officer of NorSun, was…
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ESMC Submits Feedback to the European Commission on Net-Zero Industry Act The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) has submitted its official feedback to the European Commission regarding three critical aspects of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA): the regulations on renewable energy auctions, the selection criteria for net-zero strategic projects, and…
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ESMC welcomes the aim for domestic content regulation in the leaked EU Clean Industrial Deal document. With this tailwind, the Net Zero Industry Act Should should follow. "The EU must establish clear 'Made in Europe' criteria," says Christoph Podewils, Secretary General of the European Solar Manufacturing Council. Podewils has read…
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Christoph Podewils takes on the role of Secretary General of the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC). At its meeting on Tuesday, the ESMC Board expressed its confidence in Mr Podewils and entrusted him with the task of further developing the association in the coming years. Christoph Podewils succeeds Dr Johan…
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The Working Group for Sustainable Solar PV Supply Chains at the European Solar Manufacturing Council has adopted the recommendation paper: “Stop Forced Labour in the Solar Supply Chain – Actions in the Near Future.” "Forced labour should have no place in the solar PV supply chain. We welcome the upcoming…
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New recommendation paper from the ESMC Working Group on Sustainable Solar PV Supply Chains. The recommendation paper welcomes the recently enacted Net-Zero Industry Act but stresses that more is needed to restore a level playing field for the European solar PV industry. Among other measures, the ESMC paper proposes: An…
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Today, the new Lithuanian government was officially announced by the decree of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, and with both pride and bittersweet emotions, we at ESMC can confirm that our esteemed Policy Director, Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, will be leaving us from the 10th December to assume the role…
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After the hearings in the European Parliament completed of the Commissioners-designate, the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) considers the expressed statements of the Commissioners-designate as a clear shift towards reshoring EU manufacturing capacities, including solar PV. ESMC appreciates emphasis of the members of the European Parliament on solar PV manufacturing…
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Yesterday the Lithuanian Parliament adopted the law which introduced the Article 733 “Security Requirements for the Control Systems of Electricity Devices” to their legislation. The new legislation will address the risks associated with the remote controllability of PV inverters that we at European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) have highlighted lately.…
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Is Europe’s energy independence at risk? In our recent debate article published in Euractiv we challenge the prevailing views on European solar manufacturing. Below you can find the full text "In his report The Future of European Competitiveness, Mr. Draghi argues that the EU should protect strategic industries by retaining…
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