3 P HOTOVOLTAICS VALUE CHAIN European Solar Photovoltaic Industry Alliance (ESIA)

The alliance aims to accelerate solar PV deployment in the EU by scaling-up to 30 GW of annual solar PV manufacturing capacity in Europe by 2025, facilitating investment, de-risking sector acceleration, and supporting Europe’s decarbonisation targets.

Launched by the European Commission in 2022, EIT InnoEnergy is leading the alliance as Secretariat and joined by SolarPower Europe and the European Solar Manufacturing Council on the alliance’s steering committee.

To deliver the EU Solar Strategy objectives, the alliance will re-develop, de-risk and accelerate the PV industry in Europe across all segments of the value chain to create its competitive position in the context of booming demand for solar PV in Europe and globally.

The alliance will first focus on: financing for European solar PV manufacturing projects, ensuring a sustainable level playing field, swift implementation of ecodesign requirements for PV systems and products, and anticipating the skills requirements of this new industry with the start of the European Solar PV Industry Alliance Academy.

NEW JOBS € 40B 4 00k

ANNUAL MARKET VALUE

Javier Sanz European Solar PV Industry Alliance Secretariat Manager

The European Solar PV Industry Alliance is a very relevant effort to make PV an important element in the energy transition as well as a relevant factor for the generation of European wealth.

Revolutionise the future of photovoltaics www.nexwafe.com

NexWafe designs & develops engineered green solar wafer production processes making PV more sustainable & efficient

Striving to set a new standard for the future of photovoltaic wafer production

At carbon credit levels of €25/ton, their wafers could generate a saving of >€100M/year

Has its roots in research carried out at the acclaimed Fraunhofer Institute For Solar Energy Systems

The Ecosystem Dimension

The last layer is the ecosystem, which allows us to support companies by bringing together stakeholders from education, research, industry and investor communities. For the last 10 years, EIT InnoEnergy has been able to create a trusted innovation ecosystem in sustainable energy, which is the first and only open innovation ecosystem managed by a private company. Today, the ecosystem is formed by more than 1,200+ partners from the US, Europe and Asia and has a high level of diversity in terms of cultures, backgrounds and type of organisations.