Professor Eicke Weber, director of the FraunhoferISE (a long-standing member of EUREC Agency), has given an interview on SolarPVTV about feed-in tariff cuts in Germany. Fraunhofer ISE has conducted a study called‘Determination ofthe extentof a further reduction in the feed-in tariff for solar electricity in 2010’. In the interview, Prof. Eicke Webersets out the study’s...
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Funding for the SET Plan’s European Industrial Initiatives
The solar, wind, electricity grid and CCS European Industrial Initiatives have just been launched at a conference in Madrid. The question of financing the initiatives remains largely unaddressed. Speaking at the ceremony, the Deputy Director General for Scientific Advances of DG Research, Rudolf Strohmeier, said little money would be available at EU level and that...
Open letter to EU Heads of State: fund the SET Plan
EUREC Agency has joined an alliance of associations and companies calling on Heads of State to find funding for the SET Plan.The SET Plan, the Strategic Energy Technology Plan, refers to the EU’s intention to remain a leader in innovative low-carbon technology, including renewable energy.The 3-paragraph letter says, “In order to fulfil its potential and...