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The next steps forward

Discourse surrounding Europe’s solar industry has intensified in the last year, with several leading voices asking the European Union to implement policy to drive a revival the bloc’s PV manufacturing sector. pv magazine explores the requirements for such a development.

By

Ilias Tsagas

13 May 2019

Module maker Recom currently operates two factories in France and Italy with an annual capacity of 300 MW module and 200 MW cell. The French company is among several calling on the EU to improve the business environment for PV manufacturing. | Image: Recom

The European Union’s economy is based on market principles, and its industrial policy does not have an exemption from these values and the bloc’s liberal economic model. With regard to renewable energy and its associated industries, there have been questions as to whether markets alone can deliver big enough results to tackle climate change. Moreover, …

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