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
As the European industry organisation exclusively dedicated to, and shaped by, the European upstream PV Industry, the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) is pleased to announce the achievement of a significant milestone—75 members and counting. Over nearly four years since the formal founding in early 2020, ESMC has grown by...
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In Le Monde, the article Une partie de l’industrie solaire tente d’affaiblir le règlement européen destiné à bannir les produits liés au travail force exposes that parts of the European solar industry is lobbying to undermine the long awaited European legislation against forced labour. We at ESMC would like to...
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It is with a sigh of relief that we share that the European Parliament has endorsed the European PV Industry’s stance on the Net Zero Industry Act. Today, the European Parliament adopted the position on the EU Net-Zero Industry Act aligning perfectly with the industry letter, signed by 42 European...
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Today the European Parliament has decided to start negotiations – trilogues – with the European Council and the Commission on the proposed ban on products made with forced labour. Since parts of the global solar PV manufacturing is severely exposed to forced labour the upcoming ban can have a substantial...
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The European Solar PV Alliance (ESIA) is an industry initiative launched by the European Commission. It brings together companies, institutes, and organisations in the European PV industry with the primary goal of proposing practical solutions to enhance the PV value chain in Europe. The steering committee includes the European Commission,...
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ESMC welcomes the amendments of the Net-Zero Industry Act proposed and adopted by the ITRE Committee on October 25th. The improvements, as compared to the proposal of the European Commission, will have a positive effect on the manufacturing of net-zero products in the EU. This paws the way to a...
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The European Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing industry, appreciating the fact that European Commission adopted 'Wind Power Package' on the October 24th, strongly urges the European Commission to prepare and adopt a similar package to enhance the competitiveness of European PV manufacturing in current critical circumstances of oversupply of imported PV modules...
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Yesterday evening, the European Parliament’s committees for internal market and international trade adopted their joint draft report on a new regulation aimed at stopping forced labour within companies’ supply chains. The regulation, initially proposed by the European Commission, will establish a framework to investigate and prevent the use of forced...
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The European Solar PV Alliance (ESIA) is an industry initiative launched by the European Commission. It brings together companies, institutes, and organisations active in the European PV industry with a primary aim to propose measures and solutions to the European Commission and the political process to strengthen the PV value...
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The European Solar PV Alliance (ESIA) is an industry initiative launched by the European Commission. It brings together companies, institutes, and organisations active in the European PV industry with a primary aim to propose measures and solutions to the European Commission and the political process to strengthen the PV value...
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