Ref. Ares(2022)917717 - 08/02/2022
chain. Europe remains the leader in next generation solar PV technologies, outperforming Asian
competitors and creating a golden opportunity for Europe’s solar re-industrialisation.
3. A reasonably strong ecosystem, well managed over the last years by SolarPower Europe, covering all
the steps of the value chain.
4. Sizeable new investments in Europe
(Oxford PV, July 2019, +70 M€; Meyer Burger, July 2020, 160M€),
signaling investors’ appetite to come back to solar PV assets.
5. Strong Research and Innovation centres (i.e. Fraunhofer, CEA, IMEC,...), leaders in the upcoming and
cutting-edge technologies.
6. Several manufacturing initiatives, GW scale, on the drawing table of credible parties.
We are not asking specifically for financial support, but for appointing a sponsor, at the highest EU level,
which, within the
to be created European Solar Initiative, will mobilise the EU bodies and rally the Member
States to create the enabling framework for success, using the successful blueprint that was developed
and implemented in EBA.
This extra push could consolidate a recurring 40B€ fresh GDP per year 2023 onwards, representing
400.000 new direct and indirect jobs in the EU solar industry.
Time is of the essence, thus we would appreciate if, in the frame of the upcoming ECOFIN (6th October)
or COMPET Council (18th September), you would publicly endorse the initiative, and we could work
together and prepare for an operational launch in November 2020; contributing to the new jobs and
growth that Europe needs.
Yours,