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
Spain has introduced a new incentive scheme aimed at strengthening its clean-tech supply chain, including PV manufacturing. This initiative comes as a welcome move, endorsed by the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) and following our continuous efforts with Spanish stakeholders to capitalize on opportunities presented by the Recovery and Resilience…
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16 February 2024-Brussels, Belgium. The ESMC convened a groundbreaking trilogue focused on state-sponsored forced labour in the clean energy supply to push for an end on imported products that have been manufactured by e.g. Uyghurs under suppression in China. At the event, stakeholders from industry, politics and the non-profit sector…
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Representatives from prominent European PV research institutes and organizations, European PV associations, and European PV manufacturers have come together to advocate for changes in the proposed methodologies for the Ecodesign and Energy Label legislation. In a joint letter addressed to the European Commission (February 1st 2024), they emphasize the need…
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The European solar PV manufacturing industry is facing an existential threat. If policy makers don’t take immediate actions to safeguard the solar PV module producers in the EU, relocating abroad or bankruptcy are the only options. “We need active political and financial support now. Otherwise, we are to lose a…
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ESMC observes the current state of the European solar PV manufacturing industry with deep concern, and unfortunately, we are not particularly surprised. In recent months, prominent members of ESMC and key players in the European PV manufacturing industry, including Meyer Burger , Norsun , REC Solar Norway , and Norwegian…
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In a unified effort led by the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC), 39 European PV manufacturers are urging EU Member States to swiftly implement a robust regulation combatting forced labour. The plea comes as crucial negotiations on the prohibition of products made with forced labour are approaching, addressing critical details…
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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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