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We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.

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Response to Extension of the scope of the carbon border adjustment mechanism to downstream products and anti-circumvention measures

26 Aug 2025

Lightsource bp welcomes the opportunity to engage with the European Commission (EC) and respond to this consultation on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism downstream extension. The attached position paper sets out our views, detailed considerations, and policy recommendations for the design and implementation of any downstream extension.
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Meeting with Lukasz Kolinski (Director Energy)

27 Mar 2025 · The way forward on achieving the EU’s renewable deployment ambitions as well as the Clean Industrial Deal and the Affordable Energy Action Plan

Response to Implementing Act on non-price criteria in renewable energy auctions

20 Feb 2025

Lightsource bp is a leading developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects. Since 2010 the company has expanded its presence to 20 countries across the world (including 9 EU Member States), and to date has developed hundreds of solar projects, with a total energy capacity of 11.5GW. Lightsource bp welcomes the opportunity to engage with the European Commission (EC) and respond to this consultation on the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) Implementing Act on Non-Price Criteria. The Non-Price Criteria (NPC) laid out in the Implementing Act risk slowing the deployment and increasing the costs of renewable energy in the near term, especially solar PV the fastest technology to deploy and the cheapest forms of energy available across the EU. Added complexity, reporting and measurement requirements, pre-qualification criteria and prescriptive supply chain access could hinder the effectiveness of auctions at a time when many Member States, notably Germany, have put periods of undersubscription behind them. This additional burden runs counter to the aims of the ongoing simplification agenda. Extenuating this impact are the challenges facing Power Purchase Agreements, the major alternative route to market for solar power. In its current form, the optionality and flexibility afforded to Member States could be made clearer and positioned prominently in the Implementing Act. In the attached document you may find article-per-article feedback on the proposed draft. We remain available to clarify any questions or expand on any topic addressed in the paper.
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Response to Recommendation to promote the development of innovative forms of solar energy deployment

2 Apr 2024

Lightsource bp is a global leader in the development and management of solar energy projects. We are a 50:50 joint venture with bp with a mission to help drive the worlds transition to net zero. We have spent over a decade driving solar forward, from development right through managing and operating solar projects across our global portfolio. Since 2010 the company has expanded its presence to 19 countries across the world, including 9 EU Member States, and to date has developed hundreds of solar projects, with a total energy capacity of 8.4 GW. We are very grateful for the opportunity to provide feedback to this consultation on innovative forms of solar energy deployment. Please see attached our submission in connection with the further development in the EU of Agri-PV projects, a form of solar PV development that Lightsource bp is actively exploring across our global portfolio.
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Response to Guidance to facilitate the designation of renewables acceleration areas

23 Feb 2024

Lightsource bp welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback for the European Commission's upcoming Guidance on designating renewables acceleration areas. To ensure that RAAs function as an effective tool for accelerated renewable deployment at the service of the REPower EU objectives, we would like to make the following recommendations. Provide clear instructions to Member States on the context and objectives behind RAAs to ensure they do not create exclusion zones for renewable deployment and constitute an enabler rather than a barrier to deployment. Adopt a technology-specific approach when designating RAAs, favoring ground-mounted projects, particularly for solar PV, to streamline permitting processes and optimize resource allocation. When designating RAAs, proximity to grid infrastructure with existing or future available grid capacity shall be a priority consideration. Member States shall select carefully the resources consulted to determine the environmental sensitivities of different areas within the national territory, giving preference to those that come from official sources and are backed with recent, quantitative field data. Moreover, regular updates to RAA maps, non-retroactivity of RAA maps, broad stakeholder consultation, and alignment with local regulations are essential to mitigate potential negative consequences. Overall, implementing these recommendations can enhance the effectiveness of renewable energy mapping and contribute to achieving ambitious EU renewable energy targets. Please see attached our full submission where we further develop our recommendations.
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Response to Commission Recommendation and guidance on design elements of renewable energy auctions

21 Feb 2024

Achieving the EUs decarbonisation objectives will require the mobilisation of a significant amount of private investment. Investments into renewable energy projects are enabled through long-term revenue stabilisation mechanisms such as CfDs, if these are designed in a way that they attract investment and are bankable. Below is a list of recommendations for CfD design to achieve the aforementioned objectives. You can find further expalantions in the attached submission. 1) Maximise the use of technology-neutral auctions. 2) Design Delivery Deadlines considering the markets pipeline status and permitting and grid connection lead times. Delivery Deadlines should be reasonable, realistic, open to public consultation and consider the development status pre-qualification requirements that are selected for that particular round. Some leniency should be introduced to accommodate reasonable and justifiable delays, particularly those that are not within the control of the project developer. Finally, defaulting on Delivery Deadlines should not entail the full loss of the CfD support. 3) Transpose and effectively apply the Renewable Energy Directive provision on auction scheduling. Organise auctions with sufficient time in advance and provide maximum visibility to generators. 4) Non-price criteria shall be transparent, objective, measurable against a verifiable set of proof points and preferred as pre-qualification requirements. They should be strictly aimed at improving the overall quality of the projects (as opposed to achieving extraneous policy aims), technology-specific and be accompanied with robust mechanisms to verify compliance. Member States should avoid the use of non-price criteria when these involve disproportionate administrative or management costs. Member States shall undergo thorough initial and ongoing impact assessments to verify the effectiveness of non-price criteria and whether their use continues to be justified. 5) Member States are strongly advised to guarantee the indexation of strike prices by a suitable general inflation benchmark such as a Consumer Price Index from the award of the CfD and throughout the full contractual lifetime of the CfD. 6) Allow developers to select the share of the project volume that is bid into the auction and dont require separate metering arrangements as a condition to route-to-market stacking. 7) Defining the contractual term in years and avoid the use of maximum numbers of MWh. 8) To avoid basis risk and undermining the bankability of the project, settle the CfD against the day-ahead spot price and on an as-produced/site-specific basis. 9) Always settle the CfD at hours of price 0. Dont settle the CfD in hours of negative prices. However, if the generator curtails, devise a specific revenue guarantee mechanism to compensate for the loss revenue from curtailed generation. 10) Allow the issuance of guarantees of origin for CfD projects. 11) Allow hybrid projects to participate in CfD auctions without requiring separate metering arrangements.
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Meeting with Carlos Zorrinho (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Nov 2023 · Transição verde

Meeting with Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira)

15 Nov 2023 · Presentation of the companies' solar energy strategy for Portugal

Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Jul 2023 · Net Zero Industry Act

Response to Net Zero Industry Act

27 Jun 2023

Lightsource bp supports the objectives of the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) of de-risking and diversify European renewable energy technology supply chains as an important strategic goal for the EU to achieve its 2030 and 2050 decarbonisation targets. To be truly effective, however, the NZIA should recognise that not all technologies have the same starting point in terms of European manufacturing. For solar, reaching the NZIA ambition is far from a simple task. The EU solar manufacturing capacity in Europe experimented a rapid decline in the mid to late 2000s and has not held a relevant market share in most steps of the global solar supply chain being almost negligible in the ingots, wafers and cells segments for at least a decade. For solar panels, reaching the 30GW / 45% manufacturing target (as per the Commission's Staff Working Document of 23 March 2023) by 2030 will be very challenging while it would be much easier for other technologies. Targeting all activities along the clean tech value chain will not provide true resilience. On the contrary, targeted financial support to the manufacturing activities where European businesses have high skills and competences and are closer to achieving competitiveness will better contribute to long-term stability and sustainability of manufacturing of clean technologies in Europe. Articles 19 and 20 of the NZIA, as currently drafted, do not consider the specificities of each technology. In the case of solar, imposing a full local requirement along the full solar manufacturing supply chain would be very costly, and it would be counterproductive against the superior objectives of low and stable electricity prices, higher energy security and accelerated solar deployment. For this reason, we would like to propose targeted amendments to Articles 19 and 20 to mitigate the impact that Articles 19 and 20 may have on the achievement of the EU's renewable deployment targets, the price of electricity in the EU and the competitiveness of the EU economy. Please see attached our full response to the consultation for more details.
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Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

17 May 2023 · Forced Labour

Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Mar 2023 · Exchange of views on renewable energy sources (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Barbara Glowacka (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

8 Mar 2023 · Renewables

Meeting with Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Mar 2023 · Solar and wind energy in Europe

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

7 Mar 2023 · Exchange on the needed regulatory support to promote the deployment and manufacturing of the solar power in the EU and the EU’s support for the solar energy so far.

Response to Guidance on accelerating permitting processes for renewable energy projects and facilitating Power Purchase Agreements

27 Jul 2022

Please see in the attached file the Lightsource bp response to the European Commission consultation on its 18 May 2022 revised proposal to amend the Renewable Energy Directive.
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Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

30 Mar 2022 · Discussion on Solar Power Europe views on how to boost the manufacturing and deployment of solar PVs in the EU.