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Confidence boost for European solar

Solar trade shows are now back in force, with Switzerland, France, and Italy hosting events in March. While Italy and Switzerland see solar as a centerpiece of their future energy systems, France continues to bet on nuclear, as pv magazine Publisher Eckhart K. Gouras discovered.

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Eckhart Gouras

03 May 2023

Italian module manufacturer FuturaSun showcases its new heterojunction modules at its booth at the K.EY exhibition in Rimini, Italy. | Photo: pv magazine/Eckhart K. Gouras

My trip started in the Alps at beautiful Engadin, in southeastern Switzerland near the Italian border. Myself and other Berlin-based entrepreneurs rented a chalet in Ramosch and, as we trekked the mountains nearby and I mentioned solar, our guide said the Swiss government should be prioritizing rooftop solar rather than its plan of greenlighting PV …

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