" Today's approval paves the way for the publication of the call for membership in the Alliance in November," the press service of the European Commission explained.Breton also emphasized that the Alliance is designed to help Europe's green transition and avoid replacing dependence on Russian fossil fuels with new dependencies. In addition, it will contribute to the development of innovative industry in Europe and the creation of new jobs. The announcement noted that the Alliance will bring together industry representatives, research institutes, consumer associations, non-governmental organizations and other interested parties. He will present an action plan for the solar industrial value chain in Europe. In addition, the Alliance will ensure cooperation between the EU and member states in the following areas:
- research;
- innovations;
- technologies;
- industrial supply chain, in particular raw materials;
- access to financing, buyers, international partnership;
- sustainability, in particular of the global supply chain;
- circularity;
- skills
"The launch of the Solar Photovoltaic Industry Alliance is expected by the end of the year. The commission will work with EITInnoEnergy to create it, building on the successful experience of the Battery Alliance," the statement said.The press service also emphasized that similar industrial alliances played an important role. Thus, the Battery Alliance helped create the conditions for the EU to meet up to 90% of its demand for batteries produced in Europe by 2030. And the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance is increasing hydrogen production capacity in the unit. Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that senior researcher of the Wilfrid Martens Center for European Studies in Brussels Dimitar Lilkov, who called EU climate and energy strategy alarmingly bipolar. As EcoPolitic previously reported, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the EU plans to create a new hydrogen bank European Hydrogen Bank, which invests €3 billion in the development of the H2 market.
