Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
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 PV solar energy solutions with 25GW sold in more than 35 countries. We design, manufacture and sell PV solar modules with an advanced thin film semiconductor technology. We provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services; we also provide global recycling services to power plant owners that use the solar modules we manufacture. Our power plant offerings decarbonize and diversify the global energy portfolio and reduce the impact of fuel-price volatility. From raw material sourcing through end-of-life module recycling, First Solar’s solar PV modules and systems protect and enhance the environment. MFirst Solar’s 5GW of installed capacity in Europe produces enough electricity to power more than 1.5 million average homes and displaces nearly 1 million metric tons of CO2 per year. www.firstsolar.com
Main EU files targeted
Renewable Energy policies incl RED II
EU Climate Law
Climate Change
Resource Efficiency
Solar Energy
Waste legislation incl recycling
Chemicals legislation
Electricity generation and transmission (Grids)
Product Environmental Footprint
Eco-label
Eco-Design
Circular economy
Sustainable product policy
EU Industrial Policy
Smart sector integration
Sustainable FinanceAddress
Head Office
West Washington Street, 350
Tempe, Arizona 85281
UNITED STATESEU Office
rue de la Science 14B
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Leah CHARPENTIER 11 Dec 2019 11 Dec 2020 Ms Jessica O FLYNN 06 Apr 2019 04 Apr 2020 Leah CHARPENTIER 09 Nov 2018 09 Nov 2019 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 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
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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
SolarPower Europe
American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
PVthin International Thin Film Solar Industry Association
International Cadmium Association (ICdA)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Member of the EU PV Technology Platform
Communication activities
Supported several position papers of the European SolarPower Europe on technical and economic evolution of the European Electricity markets towards further deployment of clean energy generation technologies.
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.
Supporting the work of ETIP PV on EcoDesign, Ecolabel, Energy labelling and GPP for PVOther activities
First Solar is interested and actively participates 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)
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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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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)