Feb. 2, 2017
Press release - The annual meeting of the ETIP PV will take place on 18 & 19 May, 2017 in Brussels - 2 February 2017
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The annual meeting of the European Technology and Innovation
Platform on Photovoltaics will take place on
18 & 19 May, 2017 in Brussels
Conference of the European Technology and Innovation Platform
will focus on “PV Manufacturing in Europe”
The annual meeting of the European Technology and Innovation Platform (ETIP) on
Photovoltaics wil take place this year on 18 & 19 May, 2017, at BIP, Rue Royal 2-4, 1000
Brussels, Belgium.
The 2017 Conference of the European PV Technology & Innovation Platform wil be the
right place to confront different visions for the future of the PV manufacturing in Europe.
With a global PV market that grew tremendously in the past years and reached about
75 GW in 2016, the place of Europe must be strengthened and redeveloped. This event
wil al ow identifying the technological opportunities and the European opportunities for
local and global manufacturing.
The Steering Committee of the ETIP PV met on January 24 in Brussels invited by the ETIP
PV Chairman Marko Topič. A major topic of the meeting was the discussion about the
content of the upcoming ETIP PV Conference in May this year. The conference wil offer
the opportunity to join the industry leaders as wel as top-ranking scientists, engineers
and policy makers to discuss the status and future of “PV Manufacturing in Europe”.
The ETIP meeting included also the review of the strategy and corresponding
implementation plan for research & technology development as wel as the regulatory
framework for the deployment of photovoltaic solar energy in Europe.
PV sector, with arrangements for cooperative discussions with member states (MS),
associated countries (AC), and the Commission services. Its main role is to provide
consensus-based strategic advice on al issues relevant to progressing research and
innovation (R&I) efforts.
For further information please contact:
Bernhard Krause, ETIP PV Secretariat (info@etip-pv.eu)
www.etip-pv.eu