All in all, ETIP PV is highly supportive of the EU’s interest in following a pathway that leads to a max-1.5°C warmer world and encourages it to put in place the policies that will achieve this as cost-effectively as possible. This means acting soon.
PV reached a new milestone of the end of 2018 with half a TW of installed capacity globally and more is expected to come in the coming years, with a growing market on all continents. In an expected multi-hundreds of GW annual market, challenges are numerous for the manufacturing industry, and policymakers.
ETIP PV envisions a world with 100% renewable electricity supply where electricity is accessible to all and where electricity makes major inroads into satisfying the final energy demand for living including communications, zero-emission transport and mobility, efficient heating and cooling, and even sustainable fuels, chemicals and materials. By applying Solar PV, buildings will increasingly become places of energy production and not only of energy consumption.
The strong growth of the PV sector is accompanied by high cost pressure, accelerated innovation cycles and dynamic deployment, clearly indicating that the quality of PV products and the holistic economy of PV electricity deserve special attention. PV is expected to deliver electricity at low LCOE, Energy Pay-Back Time (EPBT) and Product Environmental Footprint (PEF).
Sustainable energy to reach the 1.5 degrees climate target Vision and claims of the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics
The ETIP PV Steering Committee met at the invitation of the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) in Hamelin, Germany, on 10 September 2018. ETIP PV discussed the further success of PV to become the clean terawatt energy source all over the world and will announce the Vision Paper for Photovoltaics “Big and Beyond: Photovoltaics proves to deliver the Paris Agreement providing an immediate climate change."
The Steering Committee of the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics has elected the new Working Group leaders for the term 2018 - 2020
The 1 st Solar Mobility Forum and the 2 nd Solar Industry Forum will take place on 25 – 26 September 2018 during the 35 th EU PVSEC in Brussels, Belgium at the SQUARE – Brussels Meeting Centre. “Research Meets Business” is the guiding principle for these two events which will gather the most acknowledged experts in the PV sector and influential executives of the PV manufacturing sector. International speakers, panellists, and attendees from all over the world will meet and discuss the future of PV and new applications.
