Solar PV is playing a starring role in Europe’s post-COVID 19 economic revival, with plans afoot to bolster manufacturing in the continent, stimulate rapid deployment of utility-scale PV and ensure solar at other scales is properly incentivised.

In this session from Solar Media’s Large Scale Solar Europe 2021 conference, our expert panel discuss:

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How much solar do we need to electrify the energy system in Europe and how can we scale the industry up to meet that demand?
What can we expect from new money coming into the sector from public and private finance?
Solar can be an engine for job creation – but how can the sector increase diversity at the same time?
What are the hottest new solar markets in Europe?

Moderated by Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at BloombergNEF, panellists include;

Ignacio Cobo, senior consultant, Afry
João Cunha, COO and deputy CEO, Smartenergy
Stefan Müller, co-founder, Enerparc AG

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