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
Joint letter and position paper set out three demands: for the Industrial Accelerator Act a strict Made in Europe definition covering the whole solar value chain, effective market protection, and investment and operating support. A European solar PV manufacturing value chain at 30 GW per year would create around 80,000 jobs…
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The new expert report under the European Commission’s Smart Energy Expert Group (SEEG) calls for stronger cybersecurity requirements for solar PV, including restrictions on the use of high-risk suppliers. The report, “Recommendations to address cybersecurity risk in photovoltaic generation”, was presented on 1 October and has been developed by experts…
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High-level Brussels event convened by Saxony-Anhalt, Navarra and the European Solar Manufacturing Council rallies regions, parliamentarians, clean-tech manufacturers and trade unions behind a credible “Made in Europe” framework Brussels, 30 June 2026 – A broad coalition of European regions, clean-tech manufacturers and trade unions came together in Brussels on 30…
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New S&P Global Energy data shows Western production capacity already exceeds the EU’s entire installation demand. Western inverter manufacturer with a multi-gigawatt installed base and local teams also in Eastern Europe – ready to scale within months as the EU phases high-risk inverters out of public funding. Brussels, 23 June…
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The European Solar Manufacturing Council has co-signed a joint statement with 22 other European industry associations, urging the European Commission to apply its trade defence toolbox faster and more decisively against unfair trade practices and state-driven overcapacity. Brussels, 27 May 2026 — From steel and cement to chemicals, glass, aluminium…
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ESMC sets out Five Recommendations to Turn a Weak Industrial Accelerator Act proposal into a real industrial instrument Brussels, 29 April 2026 – The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) is calling on EU policymakers to strengthen the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) significantly, in order to secure resilient clean-tech value…
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The European Commission has decided that EU funding will no longer flow into energy projects using inverters from so-called high-risk countries – China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) strongly welcomes this decision as a necessary first step to safeguard European energy security, and confirms…
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Carsten Rohr (Resilicon), Laura Sartore (EcoProgetti) and Mathias Bremer (Wacker Chemie) elected as Co-Chairs. Gaëtan Masson (Becquerel Institute), Marc Rechter (MCPV) and Thomas Rührlinger (Fronius International) will serve as Vice-Chairs. The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) has elected its new Board of Directors at the General Assembly held on 10…
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Weak local-content rules and delayed implementation risk undermining Europe’s goal of rebuilding a full photovoltaic value chain and strengthening energy security. Brussels, 4 March 2026 - Today, the European Commission finally presented its proposal for the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), which is intended to strengthen Europe’s clean-tech manufacturing base. The…
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ESMC welcomes EU focus on inverter cybersecurity and calls for independent European supply chains. New Inverter, Storage and EMS Forum established. The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) welcomes the European Commission’s new Economic Security Doctrine “Strengthening EU Economic Security”, which explicitly identifies solar inverters from Chinese suppliers as a high‑risk…
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