Related organisations, projects and publications at EU and national level

• European PV Technology Platform - www.eupvplatform.org
  This initiative aims at mobilising all the actors sharing a long-term European vision for photovoltaic, realising the European Strategic Research Agenda for PV for the next decades and gives recommendations for implementation; ensuring that Europe maintains industrial leadership.
• RES Legal database - www.res-legal.eu
  Website proposed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment with a wide database on all European legal sources on the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources
• PV Policy Group project - www.pvpolicy.org
  Completed project gathering 8 national energy agencies. It was designed to exchange knowledge and ideas on key policy issues for PV promotion, not only on national level, but also with regard to an EU-wide alignment of support schemes and market monitoring systems from 2006 on.
• PV NMS NET Project - www.pv-nms.net
  Supporting the development of PV in the EU New Member States. The project aims at increasing solar energy application in the production of electricity in EU, in particular in New Member States.
• RES-e Regions - www.res-regions.info
  Project aiming at boosting electricity production from renewable energy sources and the use of green electricity in 11 European regions by defining concrete regional RES-e targets and developing and implementing regional RES-e strategies.
• PV-UP-SCALE - www.pvupscale.org
  Dissemination project about Urban Scale PV Systems
• WIND Barriers - www.windbarriers.eu
  Project aiming at gathering up to date and comprehensive information on the administrative and grid access barriers that obstruct the development of wind energy in Europe.