Friday, 10 March 2017

SolarPower Europe elects new president and 10 new board directors

 SolarPower Europe's Board of Directors Brussels, 9 March 2017
Following the Board elections of SolarPower Europe (Brussels) on March 8th, 2017 Dr. Christian Westermeier, Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Application Engineering of Wacker Chemie AG, has been elected as the new President, replacing the outgoing Oliver Schaefer of SunPower.
“President Westermeier is a perfect choice to continue the work of the association following the last 3 years of re-invigoration and animation of the association,” comments James Watson, CEO of SolarPower Europe.
“It is an honour to lead the Board of the association at this crucial time for solar, I will make building a new framework for solar in the post 2020 period the key objective for us at this stage,” added President Westermeier.
“We will also continue our efforts to finally get rid of the unnecessary trade tariffs on solar panels and will work with the Commission to build an industrial strategy for solar in Europe.”
The New Directors of the Board are: 1st Vice President: Riccardo Amoroso, Enel Green Power 2nd Vice President: Jodie Roussell, Trina Solar (Schweiz) AG 3rd Vice President: Jochen Hauff, BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH Director: Seb Berry, Solarcentury Stefan Degener, First Solar Gmbh Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba, Engie Solar Alison Finch, Huawei Technologies Arnaud Chaperon, Total Patrick Monino, ENI SpA Alexander Peter Naujoks, SMA Solar Technology AG. 
source: http://www.solarserver.com

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