trade associations

The Portuguese Renewable Energy Association (APREN) and the Portuguese Association for the Photovoltaic Industry (APESF) have joined forces to represent Portugal's PV sector.  

Speakers at Energy Storage Europe were confident, despite a few reservations, that Germany’s new government which grants Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term in office will be good for the environment and for renewable energy.

Trade associations the Australian Solar Council and counterpart the Energy Storage Council have merged together to form the national Smart Energy Council.

GCL Holding chairman Zhu Gongshan will head up the second committee of the Global Solar Council (GSC).

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has appointed Tom Kimbis, general counsel and current VP of executive affairs for the company, as the new interim president.

Rhone Resch has resigned as CEO and president of the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) after 12 years in charge.

Germany installed just over 50MWp of new PV in February, marking the lowest tally since the federal registry opened and sparking fears the government could fail to hit its own targets for the third year running.

The second annual German government-backed event promoting discussion and exchanges of views on Energiewende ('energy transition'), the nationwide policy which has catapulted the country into a leading position on renewable energies including PV, begins today.