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CIS-IT 2010 – 2nd Conferenza dell'Industria Solare
11-12 February 2010, Rome, Italy
EPIA was partner of the 2nd Conferenza dell'Industria Solare - Italy (CIS-IT 2010) that took place on 11-12 February 2010 at the Hilton Rome Airport Hotel (Fiumicino).
CIS-IT offered a broad overview on overall industry trends, the peculiarities of the Italian market and the regulatory context. CIS-IT is the largest solar conference in Italy outside of trade fairs, providing unique networking opportunities in a focused atmosphere.
CIS-IT had 15 sessions with 60 speakers, covering a broad range of non technical issues around PV and solar thermal. CIS-IT was organised by Solarpraxis of Berlin, in collaboration with Ambiente Italia and with the support of eclareon.
More information is available here.
Conference PV Power Plants 2010 – Europe
25-26 January 2010, Prague, Czech Republic
Utility-Scale PV: Technology, Markets & Financing, Production & Development
This event was the first conference focusing exclusively on the “Large Solar Power Plant” market segment - that for systems requiring very high capital investment.
For the first time in this market segment - solar power plants from 500kWp upwards - the PV Power Plants Conference addressed the crucial issues in a single event: the technology, project development and implementation, quality assurance, legal frameworks, financing, markets for large-scale facilities and their development, security and insurance.
Plenary sessions were offered together with workshops in parallel sessions and discussion forums.
More information is available here.
Contact and information:
Solarpraxis AG
Miriam Hegner, Head of the Conference Department
Phone: +49 (0) 30/72 62 96 - 304
E-mail: miriam.hegner(at)solarpraxis.de
www.solarpraxis.de
Solar Day at COP15
11 December 2009, 10:00-13:00, Copenhagen, Denmark
Within the frame of COP15, REC and the Bellona Foundation organised a Solar Day in the Bella Center in Copenhagen. This event brought together politicians, NGOs and industry executives from the largest solar markets to discuss political measures and industry efforts for solar to reach its great potential in the near future. Ole Enger, CEO & President of REC, started the day with a presentation, followed by a panel discussion, conducted by Bellona and with the participation of Murray Cameron, EPIA Vice-President.
Please download the programme.
Please find here the video webcast of the event.
The Copenhagen Climate Exchange
3-6 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen hosts COP15, the official UN climate summit, in December 2009. A new global agreement to replace the Kyoto-agreement must be reached at this summit. But whatever happens at COP15, The Copenhagen Climate Exchange demonstrated that addressing global warming is much more than complex political agreements. Everybody can do something themselves.
At the Copenhagen Climate exchange popular organisations, innovative businesses and forward-looking municipalities from all over the world put their local solutions to global climate problems on display. And a wide number of different speakers – scientists and stakeholders within the global climate sector - discussed new ways of dealing with Climate Change.
More information is available here.
10th Forum Solarpraxis
19-20 November, Hilton Hotel, Berlin, Germany
EPIA presented during the 10th Forum Solarpraxis. This event, dealing with all non-technical issues facing solar energy, offered a unique platform for information and discussion and for the forming and deepening of business contacts.
Chief executives and marketing directors from the solar industry, together with representatives from politics, the financial world and the press, gathered in the Berlin Hilton Hotel to discuss the current political conditions, global market developments, the associated supply and engineering industries, finance and marketing, as well as the development of supply and demand.
Please download the programme.
Please find further information on www.solarpraxis.de
Contact and information:
Miriam Hegner
Head of Conference Department
Solarpraxis AG
Tel.: +49/30/72 62 96-304
Fax: +49/30/72 62 96-309
Email: conferences(at)solarpraxis.de
www.solarpraxis.de
National Photovoltaic Conference
17 November 2009, Putrajaya Marriott Hotel, Malaysia
Within the frame of this event, Dr. Murray Cameron, EPIA Vice President, presented the “European Roadmap to achieve 12% Solar PV Electricity by 2020”. It was the occasion to explain the “SET For 2020” PV Industry target to cover up to 12% of the European electricity demand by 2020 and the required conditions to meet this target.
The National Photovoltaic Conference (NPVC) focused on the drivers of PV Markets. Speakers from the USA, the EU, Japan, Taiwan and China discussed about national PV policies and directions for the industry for 2010. The NPVC is an annual event organised by the Malaysia Building Integrated Photovoltaic (MBIPV) Project of Malaysia Energy Centre with the support of the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water Malaysia, Energy Commission, United Nations Development Programme and Global Environment Facility.
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3rd European Renewable Energy Policy Conference
16-17 November 2009, Brussels, Belgium
The 3rd European Renewable Energy Policy Conference was held from 16-17th November 2009 in Brussels and was organised by EREC in co-operation with the EU Swedish Presidency.
It was THE meeting place for European renewable energy industry representatives and decision makers.
The 3rd European Renewable Energy Policy Conference provided a unique opportunity for the sharing of ideas, discussion and interaction between the Renewable Energy Industry and the newly formed EU Institutions.
Over 800 relevant stakeholders from all over the world were present at this 2-day “must-attend” policy event which provided industry experts and policy makers with the latest information.
The 3rd European Renewable Energy Policy Conference provided an update on EU policies promoting the sector and also encouraged debate on the following leading themes:
- Sustainable Recovery and Job Creation: Renewable Energy as a Key Driver
- Renewable Energy Policies for a Competitive Europe
- A Secure and Sustainable EU Energy Future: Funding Renewable Energy Technologies
- Saving the Climate: The Role of Renewable Energy
- A Global Perspective: Renewable Energy for all Continents
- Energising the Euro-Mediterranean Region: The Mediterranean Solar Plan
Download the completed Programme.
For further information please consult the conference website: http://www.erec.org/policyconference2009
Set for 2020 study - spreading the word
CEPS Meeting: Implementing the EU’s renewable energy targets for 2020
4 November 2009, Brussels, Belgium
The EU has set itself a series of Climate Change and energy sustainability targets for 2020 – on paper. It is now up to Member States, and subject to Commission review, to transform those commitments into reality – inter alia by putting into place the required National Renewable Energy Action Plans.
2020 is just around the corner: What kind of energy mix should Member States strive for and how best can they attain their renewable energy targets? What kind of policy mix – fiscal, regulatory and other measures – should governments put in place to bring about the necesary changes? What is the role for business – energy producers, utilities, network operators, distributors, engineering and technology firms, and large energy users – and how will they be affected?
Together with the EC, the European Wind Energy Association and E.ON, EPIA will deal with these questions in a CEPS lunchtime meeting taking place on 4 November 2009.
More information on this event and a registration form are available here.
Venue:
CEPS
1, Place du Congrès
1000 Brussels, Belgium
SET Plan Conference
21-22 October 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
A high level conference on the EU's Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) took place in Stockholm to present activities and incoming actions of this initiative, including the financing of the plan.
The meeting focused on the important technologies and industrial initiatives that the SET-Plan promotes such as photovoltaics and EPIA has presented the PV Technology Roadmap, within the frame of the Solar Europe Industry Initiative.
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Presentations
Find more on the European Commission documents by clicking here.
Conferencia de la Industria Solar - España 2009
1 - 2 October 2009, Madrid, Spain
Policies, Markets & Finance, Marketing & Sales, Public Relations
This Conference offered market players the chance of a yearly exchange with representatives from politics, financing, and the media. The topics of the conference covered all forms of solar energy – photovoltaics, solar-thermal energy, solar-thermal power plants, and solar cooling – and addressed the full range of non-technical topics: political environment, market development, marketing, sales, public relations and finance.
More information on: http://www.solarpraxis.de
Contact
Solarpraxis AG
Anika Ulber
Zinnowitzer Str. 1
10115 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)30 726 296 310
Fax: +49 (0)30 726 296 309
anika.ulber(at)solarpraxis.de
Photovoltaics in Architecture: Ready for Take-off?... Yes we are!
25 June 2009, GALAXIA Entreprise Park (beside the Euro Space Centre), Transinne, Belgium
Within the framework of this event, Mr. Adel El Gammal, EPIA Secretary General, gave a presentation on “SET For 2020 – Photovoltaic Solar Electricity: A mainstream power source in Europe by 2020”. Mr. El Gammal exposed the PV industry’s target to cover up to 12% of the European electricity demand by 2020 and gave more explanations on the related SET For 2020 project. The conference took place in the GALAXIA Enterprise Park (beside the Euro Space Centre) in Transinne, Europe’s biggest operational building with 4,400m2 of solar panels.
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Intersolar 2009
27-29 May 2009, Neue Messe München, Munich, Germany
Our team of experts was pleased to welcome you at the EPIA booth, where you could find EPIA publications, including the new “Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics until 2013”, and discuss market figures, technical issues, hot policy topics, EPIA activities, and everything regarding EPIA Membership.
The EPIA booth was also a place for networking and following company presentations.
Intersolar focuses on the Photovoltaic, Solar Thermal and Solar Architecture branches. Website of Intersolar: www.intersolar.de
Solar Revolution Summit
21-22 April 2009, Rome, Italy
In the framework of the 2 days conference Solar Revolution Summit, Mr. El Gammal, EPIA Secretary General, presented an overview of the PV situation at European level.
During the 2-day event, several stakeholders discussed the challenges and opportunities of the PV sector in Italy.
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forum de Paris "Sauver la Méditerranée"
27-29 March 2009, Paris, France
Paris Forum "Sauver la Méditerranée" (Save the Mediterranean) was organised by the UNESCO under the high patronage of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Eleni Despotou, EPIA Deputy Secretary General and Policy Director, represented EREC (European Renewable Energy Council) on 28 March during the conference "La Méditerranée a soif d'énergie propre" (The Mediterranean is hungry for green energy). This conference, held within the frame of the Paris Forum, addressed the region's need for different energetic future in a context of rising energy demand and high dependency to fossil energy sources.
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4ème Rendez-vous annuel du solaire photovoltaïque
5 March 2009, Namur, Belgium
On 5 March 2009, in Namur (Wépion), Belgium, Florence Limet, EPIA Policy Adviser, delivered a presentation during the Walloon PV conference, “4e Rendez-vous annuel du solaire photovoltaïque”. Her presentation “Développement et perspectives du marché solaire photovoltaïque dans l'Union européenne” presented the perspectives of the European PV markets elaborated on the different support schemes existing. The 200 participants were mainly PV companies, installers and consultants. The Walloon Energy Minister also attended the conference.
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EPIA promoting Feed-in Tariffs in Florida
February 2009 - Tallahassee, Florida - USA
After the implementation of the Federal Investment Tax Credit and in the very promising green stimulus plans of President Obama, Gainesville (Florida, USA) was the first municipality to introduce a Feed-in Tariff Policy in the United States.
The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy (FARE), with support from the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) and the Alliance for Renewable Energy (ARE), had invited EPIA to participate in a conference on “Effective Renewable Energy Policies: Stimulating Job Creation, Long Term Investments, and Improving Energy Security” featuring discussions on Feed-in Tariffs, Net Metering and Rebates on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 in Tallahassee, Florida.
The focus of the conference was on the deployment of renewable energy in Florida resulting in jobs and energy security. Experts from around the world and participants from various stakeholder organisations discussed policies to stimulate vast investment in renewable energy to increase energy security and job creation in Florida. Building on Governor Crist’s vision of 20% renewables by 2020, this event provided first-hand experiences from Florida, other states and European countries on what policies are most effective in achieving renewable targets.
An EPIA delegation including Dr. Murray Cameron, Chief Operating Officer from Phoenix Solar and Vice-President of EPIA, Detlef Rogall, Corporate Strategy & Business Development from Phoenix Solar, Boris Schubert, President of Q-Cells International USA Corp., Dr. Sebastian Canadell, International Director and CEO of Isofoton distribution and Poly companies, Juergen Krehnke, President of SMA America, and Adel El Gammal, Secretary General of EPIA, attended the event and took the opportunity to meet with high-level decision-makers from Florida, such as the Governors Energy & Climate Office, the Public Service Commission, the Chamber of Commerce, and Legislative Committees interested in energy and economic development. The objective of these meetings was to better understand Florida as a potential market and begin formulating concrete plans, and to discuss with key officials on how they can replicate or even surpass the investment and jobs growth of solar power (both in speed and scale) as experienced by Germany, Spain, and other European countries in recent years and ultimately, support the Gainesville initiative as a case model to be widely replicated throughout the United States.
