EPIA促使欧盟筹集12.35亿欧元资金来支持光伏产业

    为了确保欧洲光伏行业在未来的竞争力，欧洲光伏工业协会（EPIA）要从欧盟筹集12.35亿欧元的资金来支援未来三年的光伏业各种方案，EPIA说60%的资金由光伏行业提供，其余数额由欧洲委员会和欧盟成员国来提供，目前已有16个成员国承诺要出资支持光伏行业。
    EPIA希望借助本周在马德里召开的SET会议来呼吁支持欧洲光伏行业的倡议（简称SEII）。

    SEII倡议的目的是优化光伏生产的流程，降低成本，改善电网和光伏系统的接口。
    该倡议的其他部分，包括发展建筑集成光伏系统（BIPU）的产品和应用，使安装更加地便宜简单，另一个重要目的是展示CPV--集中太阳能发电技术，还有一个长期的基础工作就是，使有机太阳能电池和智能模块的开发更加容易网络集成化。

    EPIA的副总裁Virgilio Navarro说，前年价格下跌50%，而去年价格只下跌40%，这一点充分说明，光伏行业要想规模生产仍需要政策支持。
    据说，利用这笔资金支持的光伏发电技术，到2020年能提供欧盟所需电力的12%。
As part of a plan to ensure the future competitiveness of the European-based PV industry, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) is pushing ahead with efforts to coordinate the collection of ?.235 billion in R&D funding with support from the EU. The funds would be used to support various programs over the next three years. The EPIA said that almost 60% of the required funding would be provided by the industry whereas the remaining amount would need to be provided by the European Commission and EU Member States. Sixteen Member States have expressed their commitment to support the PV industry, according to the trade association.

The EPIA wants to use the European SET Plan Conference, being held this week in Madrid under the current Spanish EU Presidency to urge support of the Solar Europe Industry Initiative (SEII).

The SEII is designed to enable the optimization of PV production processes that are aimed at cost reduction as well as improving the interface between the electricity grid and PV systems.

Other parts of the initiative include further development of Building Integrated PV (BIPV) products and applications that make installation cheaper and easier. Also targeted is CPV technology with an emphasis still on demonstrating its capabilities in the field. On a longer-term basis work is needed on organic solar cells and smart module development for easier network integration.

“R&D is not sufficient alone and has no impact on competitiveness if it is not accompanied by an increase in volumes and market development. The 40% price decrease in 2009 and 50% in the last two years confirm that political support is still needed to reach economies of scale by increasing production.” noted Virgilio Navarro, Vice President of EPIA and CEO of ATERSA.

The funding support is said to needed to be able to supply 12% of the EU demand for electricity by 2020, using PV technologies.