The three founding members are Solarexpo, SNEC PV Power Expo and Solar Power International. Together they boast 500,000 square meters of exhibition space, 5,000 exhibitors and 300,000 visitors.
“We started conceiving an alliance among premiere PV exhibitions and conferences at a worldwide scale back to 2008, when the globalisation of the PV industry and markets was not so marked,” said Luca Zingale, Ceo and Scientific Director of SOLAREXPO. “Today a truly global network is actually in place, and it will strive to establish an effective dialogue platform to level the playing field for upkeeping the growth of the most mature solar markets, from Europe to USA to China. At the same time, through a targeted enlarged membership as well as new initiatives at regional scale, it will act as a powerful catalyst for the development of new and emerging markets for solar technologies”.
Mi Yue, Executive Vice Chairman Shanghai New Energy Industry Association (SNEIA), said each member would benefit from the Alliance in improving exhibition services and in better organizing exhibitors, visitors and conference attendees through sharing market information in Asia, Europe, America and other regions.
The GSA's founding members also stress the importance of their cooperation across three continents for the promotion of solar energy as a solution for environmental issues.
“We are very excited about founding the Global Solar Alliance with our two partners, SolarExpo and SNEC. Solar energy is a global business, and global collaboration is the key to continued growth of the industry,” said David Sit, board member of Solar Energy Trade Shows (SETS), the organization that produces Solar Power International and other U.S. solar trade shows. “Solar energy has a big role to play in solving the world’s energy problems and we are especially proud that GSA will use its resources to promote solar and open-up new markets worldwide.”
The alliance has the support of the Asia Photovoltaic Industry Association (APVIA) and U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
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