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
Yesterday marked the launch of the third large-scale call of the EU Innovation fund. To our great delight, the call includes as foreseen a dedicated window for “Large Scale Projects — Clean-tech manufacturing” with a budget of € 700 million (03 Manufacturing). According to the European Commission, the objective of…
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In the context of our collaboration with and support of EUREC (The Association of European Renewable Energy Research Centres) we want to highlight a newly released report: 5% of new capacity from “Innovative” Renewable Energy: A necessary and do-able enhancement to the Renewable Energy Directive. In a consortium of several renewable…
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Kicking off the work of the European Solar PV Industry Alliance by the European Commission marks an important step in creating scaled and long-term competitive PV manufacturing capacities in Europe, as now from the strategic acknowledgement of the need of a viable PV manufacturing sector in Europe the turn to…
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Renewables displace fossil fuels - the Innovation Fund must recognise this cc: European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson cc: European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriels. BRUSSELS, 20 September 2022. Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans Renewables displace fossil fuels. And in doing so, they make a critical…
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Name: Bernhard Krause Company: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Position: Corporate Communications Worldwide, spokesperson Location: Kahl, France No. years in the industry: 15 year Company webpage: https://www.singulus.com/ For more than 25 years, Bernhard Krause has been working for SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES as Manager for marketing communications. When meeting with ESMC for an interview,…
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Name: Lucas Weiss Company: Voltec Solar Position: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Location: Alsace, France No. years in the industry: 16 years Company webpage: www.voltec-solar.com “I installed my first PV module in 2003, and already then I felt that solar energy was the most natural and logical way to…
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When interviewing Andreas Bett, who is serving a second term as board director of ESMC, the conversation slides into the topic of sustainability, and what really fits into the term. With 35 years in the European PV industry, Prof. Dr Bett is a perfect candidate when it comes to evaluating…
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Leading renewable energy industry federations, think tanks and research centres call for faster market uptake of renewable sources and next-generation RES technologies. BRUSSELS, 21 June 2022. The twin geopolitical and energy crises have thrown into sharp relief the high costs of Europe’s continued fossil gas dependency. Rising prices and supply…
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Press release: ESMC strongly supports the EU Solar PV Industry Alliance – bold actions are necessary
The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) expresses strong support for the EU Solar PV Industry Alliance proposed in the recently adopted EU Solar Energy Strategy and requests to start the work of the Alliance and establish a concrete support program for PV manufacturing industry as soon as possible, preferably so…
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The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) highly appreciates the actions of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to request higher supply chain transparency, to be able to carry out thorough due diligence processes, so that Chinese Photovoltaic (PV) modules, using polysilicon that is suspected to be produced by…
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