PV Technology Platform - Introduction
A Photovoltaic Technology Platform is being established to define, support and accompany the implementation of a coherent and comprehensive strategic plan for PV. The platform will mobilise all stakeholders sharing a long-term European vision for PV, helping to ensure that Europe maintains and improves its industrial position. The platform will realise a European Strategic Research Agenda for PV for the next decade(s). More specifically, the PV Technology Platform will:
- implement a strategic plan to provide advice and expertise to the decision makers to allow them to make informed decisions regarding the long term potential of PV;
- propose actions to all policy makers to help to ensure that clear, coherent priorities are established and that support is fully integrated, thereby facilitating implementation;
- foster joint initiatives involving stakeholders in the formulation of research programmes;
- ensure strong links and co-ordination between industry, research and market.
The establishment of the PV Technology Platform was proposed in the recommendations of a special advisory council (PV-TRAC), which was set up to define a vision for the future of photovoltaics. More information on PV-TRAC and the history of the platform can be found here.
PV Technology Platform - Timeplan
4 December 2003 | Launch of the PV-TRAC in Brussels. |
28 September 2004 | Presentation of the PV-TRAC vision report, including recommendation to establish a PV Technology Platform. |
23 December 2004 | Call for expressions of interest opened. |
14 February 2005 | Call for expressions of interest closed. |
11 March 2005 | Meeting between the European Commission and the chair and vice-chair of the PV-TRAC to select Steering Committee members. |
10 May 2005 | First meeting of the Steering Committee members. The Steering Committee will finalise the structure of the platform, including the Working Groups and the role of the Secretariat. |
Steering Committee Members
In consultation with the chair and vice-chair of the PV-TRAC, the European Commission selected the following people as members of the first Steering Committee of the Photovoltaic Technology Platform:
| Person | Affiliation |
| 1. | Hubert Aulich | PV Silicon Forschungs und Produktions AG |
| 2. | François Demarcq | ADEME |
| 3. | Bernhard Dimmler | Würth Solar GmbH & Co. KG |
| 4. | Alain Garnier | Saint-Gobain Glass |
| 5. | Gert Jan Jongerden | Akzo Nobel Chemicals |
| 6. | Antonio Luque | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid |
| 7. | Joachim Luther | Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) |
| 8. | Emiliano Perezagua | Isofotón |
| 9. | Anton Milner | Q-Cells |
| 10. | David Nelson | Foster and Partners |
| 11. | Stefan Nowak | IEA PVPS / NET |
| 12. | Istvan Pataki | Hungarian Energy Office |
| 13. | Nicola Pearsall | Northumbria University |
| 14. | Stanislaw M. Pietruszko | Warsaw University of Technology |
| 15. | Jaromir Rehak | Solartec s.r.o. |
| 16. | Evelyne Schellekens | European Association of electrical contractors - A.I.E./CEETB |
| 17. | Giovanni Silvestrini | Kyoto Club |
| 18. | Wim C. Sinke | Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) |
| 19. | Hans Willemsen | Shell Solar B.V. |
| 20. | .................................................. | One member waiting for confirmation |
PV Technology Platform - Provisional Structure
The following diagram illustrates the provisional structure of the PV Technology Platform, taken from the PV-TRAC report “A Vision for Photovoltaic Technology” 
[1 Mb]. After the Steering Committee has been selected, they will establish a finalised structure for the PV Technology Platform, and define the role of each body.
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