Tarifas, límites de la red y cambios en las políticas: el Consejo Solar Global insta a la colaboración mundial para impulsar la inversión a largo plazo en energía solar y almacenamiento.

Europe wants to reduce its dependence on foreign energy imports to protect energy security and meet the Net Zero goals through the diversification of renewables.

This mission takes coordination and cooperation from the private to the public sector to balance the domestic and foreign market dependence with capacity. Michelle del Valle, CEO of FinSat and board member of the Global Solar Council, explains in an interview with Strategic Energy Europe that transitioning to a more autonomous solar industry will require "intensive capital investment and long-term vision. "The Net Zero Industry Act can make a difference, but it"s a process that will take time.

China invested 30 years in building up its manufacturing capacity, Del Valle states.

In her view, building a strong European solar industry requires a combination of stable regulatory frameworks, political alignment, and large-scale financingconditions that are not yet uniformly in place across the region. In summary, an annual look at "what we have" "what we don"t have" and "what we need" will help evolve the balance of foreign imports on critical resources with a reality check that does not halt what can be done now with foreign imports to build out long-term infrastructure for energy independence through solar. For Del Valle, the key is not to eliminate dependency, but to diversify it smartly. "Each country should have control over its own supply chain without forgoing the benefits of global trade," she says in an exclusive interview with Strategic Energy Europe.

"When trade routes become bottlenecked and taxes drive up equipment costs, the entire sector feels the hit in their bottom lines," she notes.

In this context, she calls for

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It"s no longer an alternativeit"s a pillar of energy security," she states.

Data is an economic and a security topic; thus, housing data in a domicile where the data is collected serves national security advantages at the cost of energy requirements.

In short, the high standards for data protection for the people of Europe will require a deep look at localising data centres that can store their data and just how much energy that will require.

Taking an approach to generating your own power to power your nation"s business data is a sovereign approach that serves to protect data security and energy security via solar power, harmonised and transparent cross-border frameworks, and grid advancements.

"Grid quality, capacity, and connection barriers are the biggest challenges we face today," Del Valle warns.

"We need a stable, long-term structure and a collective framework so multiple nations can agree on how to expand cross-border grid infrastructure," she explains.

Companies are typically much more agile and fast, but policies must be crystal clear to drive the sector forward," she analyses.

"It allows us to better manage energy and release it exactly when needed, without relying on the solar cycle," she explains.

"There"s massive potential in turning unused rooftops into solar assets.

A property owner could generate a new income stream as an energy provider," she says.

"We have a white paper in development, and we"ll be presenting it at