During the reporting period, the ETIP PV SEC - II Secretariat has supported ETIP PV to achieve the following results:
1. Re-definition and promotion of the ETIP PV Vision ‘Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Big and Beyond - Sustainable energy to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees’
In November 2018, ETIP PV finalized and published the document ‘Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Big and Beyond - Sustainable energy to reach the 1.5 degrees climate target’, timely in line with the discussions at the COP24 intergovernmental climate conference in Katowice.
The Vision was translated to eight national languages (English, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Slovenian, Spanish and Greek). They are available for download on the ETIP PV homepage (www.etip-pv.eu)
The Vision has been strongly promoted and distributed at the most relevant PV events in 2019 including the ETIP PV annual conference, the EU PVSEC, and several IEA PVPS and IRENA workshops. It was presented to the SET Plan Secretariat at the SET Plan Implementation Working Groups workshop in Bucharest on 11 June 2019. It was also presented to the ETIP SNET in one of their Governing Board meetings. Other channels, such as press releases, website announcements, newsletters and social media have also been exploited.
2 .Support to the realization of the Implementation Plan to achieve the targets of the SET-Plan Declaration of Intent (i.e SET-Plan Declaration on Strategic Targets in the context of an Initiative for Global Leadership in Photovoltaics ).
The Secretariat keeps the Steering Committee informed about the progress of the Implementation Working Group (IWG PV) and coordinates the flow of information between the two. Our main role entails in:
• Mobilising private actors and industry
• Liaising with Chair, EC and SET Plan countries for identification of concrete projects, including co-fund activities in line with the implementation plans
• Coordinating synergies between the Implementation Plan (IP) and ETIP activities.
The Secretariat also invites other H2020 projects in support of the Implementation Plan such as PV IMPACT and SMARTSPEND into the ETIP PV discussions in order to exploit and maximize synergies.
3. Support to the European PV Manufacturing and R&D industry
ETIP PV ambitions to continue promoting the very idea that Europe can and must be a manufacturing centre for one of the key technologies of this century, driving investments in the hundreds of billions of EUR range in the coming years. The PV industry has a bright future ahead in Europe, thanks to the world-class research-centres, equipment manufacturers and producers.
4. Raise public awareness about the role of Photovoltaic Solar Energy in the energy system with publications by the working groups and the organization of workshops
ETIP PV prepares recommendations in the form of published reports (they cover: Integrated Photovoltaics (IPV), Photovoltaics Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE), digitalization of PV and industrial policy). The Secretariat has helped the Working Groups to produce these reports and to spread knowledge of them.
In total project period the working groups have published several reports.
ETIP PV also organizes a public conference every year with the aim of fostering cohesion of the stakeholders involved in the PV sector and to inform the general public. In this project, the Secretariat coordinated the organisation of the one on-site and three online conference (4).
The Secretariat has additionally facilitated the organization of events cultivating the links to other key European and international initiatives.
The Secretariat also informs and assists the Steering Committee to respond to public consultations and/or drafting Open Letters and Position Papers.
