The Chairman of Europe’s leading solar energy company (Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd) has been apppointed to the Board of Global Ties U.S, one of the world’s largest citizen diplomacy organisations.
A non-profit partner of the U.S. State Department, Global Ties U.S. delivers international exchange programs that connect business, non-profit, government, and academic leaders from around the world with their U.S counterparts. The organisation leads a network of over 100 organizations and partners in 45 States and 16 countries.
Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd is Europe’s leading solar energy company. To date, the company has developed, installed and operated over 1.3 GW of solar energy and deployed over $2.75 billion in solar PV projects in just five years ($1.4 billion invested in 2015 alone).
Lightsource’s Chairman and Founder, Vicente Lopez Ibor Mayor is also the former Commissioner of Spain’s National Energy Commission.
Vicente said “I am honoured to be appointed as a Board member for an organisation as prestigious as Global Ties U.S.”
“Chaired by Jennifer Clinton, Global, Global Ties’ efforts to foster connections between international communities and their U.S counterparts is needed perhaps more than at any time in recent history.”
“As someone dedicated to advancing the cause of clean energy, this appointment to the Board of the world’s largest citizen diplomacy organisation stands as a promising step in the right direction for the clean energy movement.”
