Welcome

Welcome to the European Solar Days

What started in 2002 as "Day of the Sun" in Austria has developed into an annual full blown pan-European campaign running over several weeks.

The European Solar Days successfully promote the use of a free unlimited renewable energy source available everywhere to everyone to generate electricity as well as heating and cooling: the SUN.

This campaign raises public awareness and involves several hundred thousand citizens at local level. Pioneer countries such as Austria, Germany, Switzerland, as well as others that successfully embraced this initiative like France, Italy and Spain, are only too keen to share their experience and help spread the word. The European Solar Days are celebrated in an increasing number of countries and in 2011 around 8000 events were organized in 19 European countries by diverse organisations ranging from solar equipment manufacturers to schools and local authorities.

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 around 25 organisations at a national and European level.

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