The Action Plan

1. Competitiveness
2. Innovation
3. Quality
4. Promotion

1 - Competitiveness

• Mass production for cost reduction (1 to 1,5 € per W in 2012)
• EU Market (Topics: Enlarging market, socio-economic issues, industry policy, Tools: WG1 and WG2 PV Platform)
• Developing Countries (Topics: Rural electrification, Tools: Alliance for Rural Electification, WG4 PV Platform, IEA-PVPS)
• Other global markets (Topics: statistics and follow-up, Tools: GPSC, EPIA)

2 - Innovation

• Financing PV R&D in the FP7 (60 millions € / year) and globally in Europe (250 millions € / year)
• R&D (Topic: Dialogue with the R&D community, EPIA Roadmap, Tool: WG3 PV Platform, EPIA)
• BIPV (Topic: Products and market development, Tool: WG2 PV Platform, cooperation with the Construction Platform)
• Hybrid (Topic: Cooperation with other RES, Tool: Alliance for Rural Electrification, WG3 and WG4 PV technology Platform)

3 - Quality

• Demonstrate that the PV Industry can improve its image by taking greater responsibility for the well-being of the Society
• Performance (Topics: Pre-normative standardisation, standardisation, certification, guaranty and warranty, Tools: IEA-PVPS, EPIA)
• EHS (Topics: Waste and recycling, externalities, Tools: IEA-PVPS, WG2 PV Platform, EPIA)

4 - Promotion

• Improving EPIA as a visible « credible voice »
• Communication (Internal and external)
• Lobbying (National, European and International with GPSC)

Conclusions