The announcement this week marks a new era for solar technologies, both for solar photovoltaics and solar heating and cooling. In order to reduce the dependency on fossil fuel imports, the European Commission presented the REPowerEU plan, including an increased target for renewables (45%), a ground-breaking Solar Rooftop Initiative, and measures on permitting, and encouraging a large-scale skills partnership under the Pact for Skills. These initiatives are complemented with more detailed proposals included in the EU Solar Energy Strategy.Solar Heat Europe commends the efforts of the European Commission in swiftly developing proposals to reduce Europe’s dependency on imported energy, in particular Russian gas. “Our sector is committed to these goals and proposals, and we want to cooperate with the European Commission and the Member States in a swift and successful…
PV – REPowerEU and EU Solar Energy Strategy Set the Path for Energy Transformation
