The European Commission formally launched the European Solar PVIndustry Alliance (ESIA) at a high-level conference in Brussels onDecember 9, 2022. The alliance will scale up
June 2022 marked the beginning of the RESiLEX project, an Innovation Action funded by Horizon Europe programme, which focuses on reducing EU dependence on critical raw materials for solar panel production.
In 2020, the European Commission published the report “Study on the EU’s list of Critical Raw Materials”. This extensive report identified a list of 30 materials that are considered essential commodities for the EU economy, key enablers of Europe’s digital, environmental, and defense ambitions but at the same time facing high supply risks.