Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
First Solar, Inc (FSLR)
EU Transparency Register
05233891201-35 First registered on 20 Feb 2009
Goals / Remit
First Solar is a leading global provider of comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) solar systems which use its advanced thin-film modules. With an installed capacity of over 10 gigawatts worldwide – from mega utility-scale solar plants and commercial & industrial rooftop systems to kilowatt-sized community off-grid systems – the company’s integrated power plant solutions deliver an economically attractive alternative to fossil-fuel electricity generation today. The company’s leadership in renewable energy is a result of its deep expertise and over a decade-long track record in R&D, manufacturing, developing, financing, engineering, constructing or operating the world’s leading sources of sustainable, solar energy. For more information visit www.firstsolar.com
Main EU files targeted
Renewable Energies
Climate Change
Resource Efficiency
Solar Energy
Waste legislation
Chemicals legislation
Electricity generation and transmission (Grids)
Mediterranean Solar Plan
SET Plan
Product Environmental Footprint
Eco-label
Eco-DesignAddress
Head Office
West Washington Street, 350
Tempe, Arizona 85281
UNITED STATESEU Office
rue de la Science 14B
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Feb 2017
Name Start date End Date Ms Leah Charpentier 11 Dec 2019 11 Dec 2020 Ms Jessica O FLYNN 06 Apr 2019 04 Apr 2020 Ms Leah Charpentier 09 Nov 2018 09 Nov 2019 Ms Leah Charpentier 20 Nov 2017 09 Nov 2018 Mr Nicolas CHARMEIL 10 Oct 2017 21 Sep 2018 Ms Nathalie MORAUX 16 Nov 2016 22 Feb 2017 Ms Leah Charpentier 08 Nov 2016 05 Nov 2017 Mr Christopher BURGHARDT 30 Mar 2016 06 Nov 2016 Mr Andreas WADE 15 Mar 2016 12 Mar 2017 Mr Christopher BURGHARDT 20 Dec 2011 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Maelle PELISSON 20 Dec 2011 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Leah Charpentier (Head of EU Regulatory and Government Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Stefan Degener (Managing Director Europe)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Solar Power Europe
EUFORES
American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
PVthin International Thin Film Solar Industry AssociationMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Member of the steering committee of the Product Environmental Footprint Pilot phase
NoneACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
Member of the EU PV Technology Platform
Communication activities
Supported the development of several position papers of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) - now SolarPower Europe on technical and economical evolution of the European Electricity markets towards a market enabling further deployment of clean energy generation technologies and empowering the consumers to become prosumers.
Supported the Product Environmental Footprint Pilot Project "PV Electricity Generation" as part of the PEF Pilot phase of the European Commission.
Supported development of industry standards on recycling of photovoltaic panels.Other activities
First Solar is interested and actively partcipates in discussions on the following topic categories and specific subjects:
Climate Change
Renewable Energies
Resource Efficiency
Solar Energy
Waste Collection and recycling
Chemicals legislation
Energy generation and transmission (Grids)
Mediterranean Solar Plan
Product Environmental Footprint
Eco-label, Ecodesign- Meetings
Meetings
1 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 May 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject The importance of transatlantic R&D and innovation collaboration; The strains the industry is under when it comes to competitions from Asia; The state of the EU’s current policy agenda and how it may impact the solar industry in Europe. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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