Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
First Solar GmbH
EU Transparency Register
675804943841-40 First registered on 12 Aug 2021
Goals / Remit
First Solar is a leading solar technology company and global provider of responsibly-produced eco-efficient solar modules advancing the fight against climate change. We are unique among the world’s ten largest solar manufacturers for being the only US-headquartered company and for not using a crystalline silicon (c-Si) semiconductor. Developed at R&D labs in California and Ohio, First Solar’s advanced thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules represent the next generation of solar technologies, providing a competitive, high performance, lower-carbon alternative to conventional c-Si PV panels. From raw material sourcing and manufacturing through end-of-life module recycling, First Solar’s approach to technology embodies sustainability and a responsibility towards people and the planet.
Main EU files targeted
- NZIA, Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)
- Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
- Electricity market DesignAddress
Head Office
350 W Washington St #600
Tempe, AZ 85281
UNITED STATESEU Office
rue aux laines 68-72
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Anja LANGE 28 Apr 2023 27 Apr 2024 Pascal TIRTIAUX 14 Oct 2023 11 Oct 2024 Leah CHARPENTIER 24 Feb 2023 27 Apr 2023 Leah CHARPENTIER 26 Oct 2021 26 Oct 2022 Alexander MAJER 21 Oct 2021 27 May 2022 Complementary Information
First Solar employees
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
SolarPower Europe https://www.solarpowereurope.org/
PVthin https://pvthin.org/
AmCham EU https://www.amchameu.eu/
European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) https://esmc.solar/
European Solar PV Industry Alliance (ESIA) - https://solaralliance.eu/
Enerplan https://www.enerplan.asso.fr/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 31 Jan 2024 Location Webex Subject Solar industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2022 Location online Subject Issues within Competition portfolio. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Lucia Bonova (Cabinet member)