European Solar Days
The first ‘Tag der Sonne’ was celebrated in Austria in 2002. The idea was then taken up by Switzerland and Germany where, in the case of Germany a whole week is now dedicated to this successful renewable energy awareness-raising campaign.
As an awareness raising campaign, the European Solar Days aim at promoting the use of the sun as an energy source for all solar applications, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic, throughout Europe.
The first European Solar Days were celebrated in May 2008 when over 4000 different events were staged in 13 European countries. The second edition took place from 15 to 22 May 2009 in even more countries.
Other countries are invited to join the 2010 campaign which will run from 1 to 16 May. Hopefully, in a few years, the European Solar Days will be celebrated across Europe.
This initiative brings together major players from the solar thermal and solar electricity sectors throughout Europe. The European Solar Days, which are coordinated by ESTIF in close cooperation with EPIA, are supported by 25 organisations at a national and European level.
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