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Prof. Zhores I. Alferov

Nobel Prize Laureate

IOFFE Physico-Technical Institute St. Petersburg

Prof. Eicke Weber

Director of Fraunhofer ISE

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Dr. Winfried Hoffmann

EPIA Vice-President

Heinz Kundert

President of SEMI Europe

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Is Russia ready to go solar? 5 min. Weekly News from Solar Russia 2011 in Moscow

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Hello and welcome to our weekly News from Moscow from Solar Russia 2011 a part of RUSNANOTECH Forum 2011 which aimed on one hand at bringing together Russian and international industry and experts in order to give testimony and discuss how to kick-off and develop the Russian market in a sustainable way.

Russia, the biggest country in the world, and one of biggest suppliers of oil and gas has not yet seen a real need to develop a market for solar technologies.

SolarPV.TV came to Moscow to find out if there is a place for solar energy in the country.

We were extremely honoured to speak with Prof. Zhores I. Alferov, the winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics and member of the Russian State Parliament, the Duma who made an exciting speech in favor of solar technology during the conference.

Zhores I. Alferov receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2000.
Copyright ? The Nobel Foundation 2000
Photo: Hans Mehlin

We also spoke with other Russian colleagues:

Sergey Polikarpov, Managing Director at RUSNANO
Veronika Fidler, Head of Investment Group, MS at RUSNANO
Oleg Shutkin, Head of Project Engineering, Hevel Solar representing PV RUSSIA (Russian Solar Energy Association), Russia
Anton Usachev, Coordinator of PV RUSSIA (Russian Solar Energy Association)

Finally, we asked representatives of international solar community what would they recommend to Russian colleagues in order to build a sustainable market and industry in the country:

Daniela Schreiber, EuPD, Germany
Paolo Rocco Viscontini, President of Enerpoint, Member of the Board of GIFI (the Italian PV Industry Association)
Enrico Carniato, Europe Sales Director at Upsolar
Nikola Gazdov, Chairman of BPVA (Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association)

It is worth to mention that for the first time RUSNANO presented its Solar Innovation Award 2011 and this year a winner is Apollon Solar for ?High Performance Silicon from low cost Upgraded Metallurgical Grade Silicon?

That?s all from today from Moscow, stay tuned as in the coming days we will publish 3 fascinating panel discussions from Solar Russia 2011.

Related documents:
Russia and its solar PV market perspectives. Shaping of the new Renewable Energy Law in the country.
Author: Oleg Shutkin, Head of Project Engineering, Hevel Solar representing PV RUSSIA (Russian Solar Energy Association), Russia