The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Mr.Charalambos Theopeptou, participates in the 13th Session of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, which concludes tonight. The main topics of the Summit are the assessment of progress towards the global energy transition, accelerating the use of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and increasing investment in RES.
In his intervention, in the context of a discussion on end-of-life management of solar PV systems in the energy transition process, Theopeptou welcomed the adoption of common PV manufacturing standards by countries such as China and the Netherlands. He stressed that one of the most important global actions to be taken immediately is the effort to achieve convergence on common standards in the photovoltaic system industries, so that more and more parts of the solar PV system can be reused in perpetuity thanks to advanced technologies ("cradle-to-cradle"). In this respect, Mr Theopeptou stressed that this Assembly and IRENA in general, should play a catalytic role in favour of small countries, such as Cyprus, which are at a disadvantage in terms of being able to establish comparable circular economy standards, compared to larger and economically more robust countries.
In addition, on the sidelines of the Summit, Mr. Theopeptou had separate meetings with IRENA's Policy Advisor Mr. Jinlei Feng, the CEO of Solar Power Europe Mr. Walburga Hemetsberger and with other officials of international and regional organizations, as well as with his counterparts from various countries, with whom he exchanged views on possible ways to further develop cooperation on energy transition issues, both within IRENA and at the bilateral parliamentary level.
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