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Extraordinary General Meeting SolarPower Europe Welcome! 26 March 2020, Brussels – held remotely 1

1 Welcome Speech & 2 Quorum Christian Westermeier, President 2

3 SolarPower Europe Activity Report 2019 Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO 3

SolarPower Europe: ‘Overall Best European Association’ SolarPower Europe wins ‘ Overall Best European Association ’ at the European Association Awards 2019 as well as Silver in the Best Advocacy Campaign category “The judges felt this was a well-deserved win! A huge effort by a young, very motivated team. An outstanding application.” The European Association Awards have been developed to recognise excellence and exceptional achievements in European trade and professional associations 4

Core achievements of 2019 Delivered a successful communications campaign for the 2019 European Parliament elections, • positioning SolarPower Europe as a partner of the European Parliament and the new European Commission on energy Successful lobbying on a dedicated supply side policy for solar in Europe • Established a powerful ‘Building Alliance’ to convey strong messages on the ‘Renovation Wave’ • Published the first European Market Outlook • Organised a number of highly successful events, i.e. • SolarPower Summit, our flagship event • RE-Source - with over 930 registrations and over 300 prescheduled B2B meetings • First emPOWER event with Energy Commissioner and key Members of Parliament attending • Provided high quality content through 22 webinars and 19 reports • Strong visibility in the media, coverage in world-leading outlets • 5

Our income generation success 2,8 Mio turnover (up from just above 2 Mio • € in 2017 and 2018) Membership: more than 200 members • generated over 1,5 Mio € - with 22 Breaking even for fifth year in a row: Sponsor and Premium members, a growing backbone of core supporters ➢ substantial increase in surplus: 45 k € (compared to 25k € in 2018) Sponsorship revenues: more than 870 k € • due to the world class and award winning ➢ allows for a further build-up of our events delivered by SolarPower Europe reserves, necessary to overcome unforeseen circumstances Partnerships and International • Cooperation: contributing with more than 250 k € 6

A transition year – Successfully positioning solar towards new policy makers 10/12 Deep dive into the Industrial last 3 months Strategy declaration w/ 25 10/03 co-signatories Industrial Strategy Response to the 1/12 Entry into force Communication 19/02 Public consultation of new European 12/12 Better Empower joint on Energy & Commission and Elections of EU acknowledges need for Buildings declaration and Environment State official beginning of new European a strategic approach to coalition with 12 Event with Energy Aid Guidelines the EU 8 th legislature Parliament renewable energy Commissioner Major EU industries Stakeholders Dec 2019 Feb 2020 May 2019 July 2019 March 2020 3/12 06/19 21/12 04/03 7 Solar Wonders JRC Study on Launch Solar EU enshrines Manifesto to new Ecodesign for PV Rooftop carbon neutrality EU policy makers Takes onboard Campaign target into law SPE position 12/03 EP INI report on buildings Confirmation of acknowledges on-site European solar as key solution for Parliament and building decarbonisation Committee chairs 7

Providing new deliverables for business, policy and market intelligence 7 Solar Wonders Manifesto to new Recommendations on a First Weekly EU policy makers Solar Industrial Strategy First report on First BIPV report Policy update Solar Mobility June 2019 Nov 2019 March 2019 Oct 2019 Dec 2019 Feb 2020 First EU Solar factsheets First report on First edition of Introduction to Corporate - EU Market outlook renewable PPA’s - Asset management Guidelines 8

Expanding our outreach to shape better policy environment in EU and beyond New partners Advisory Council Business Council Stronger outreach in Europe… Romania Bulgaria Poland Croatia … And beyond India Mexico Jordan Tunisia Mozambique Kazakstan 9

Communications achievements – press coverage 72 press , blogs and news articles in 2019 ( 52 press • releases in 2018) 2.07k media mentions in 2019 • 2 podcasts • 2.81M in advertising value equivalency (source: Meltwater) • 10

Strong social media presence and increase in website traffic +40% increase in website traffic, compared to 2018 (source: Google Analytics) 11

Social media Website Videos #7SolarWonders Communications campaigns Video testimonials Launch event Petition #Solar4Buildings Press release Videos Social media Industrial Strategy for solar

More communications highlights Photo exhibitions Visit onboard Energy Observer EU elections Tesla solar road trip to Intersolar Europe

Membership evolution: Jan 2014 – Mar 2020 Total number of members = 214 (March 2020) 14

Results Membership Survey [Survey is still running; results will be presented at the EGM] 15

First class events 14 th edition - Europe is back in solar business! • 300 participants • 197 participants • 7 Sponsors • 24 Partners • Launch of 1 st edition of • 55+ speakers Asset Management Guidelines • 300 registered participants • Location: BEL, eco-friendly building • E-mobility exhibition: 6 companies 16

First class events • 250 participants • 27 speakers, including: • Kadri Simson, European - Participants: 930 pax Commissioner for Energy - Clean energy buyers registered: 121 pax - B2B meetings > 300 17

4 Financial report 2019 and Report of the Financial Auditor 18

Balance Sheet 2019 EPIA SOLARPOWER EUROPE Rue d’Arlon , 69-71, 1040 Brussels, Belgium in Euros BE 0427.557.687 FIXED ASSETS 150.415 Intangible assets 41.637 Tangible assets 54.771 Financial assets 54.007 CURRENT ASSETS 2.272.849 Amounts receivable within one year (Membership fees, VAT reclaim) 1.212.713 Investments 10.859 Cash at bank and in hand 726.224 Deferred charges and accrued income 323.053 TOTAL ASSETS 2.423.264 CAPITAL AND RESERVES 787.577 Reserves 787.577 AMOUNTS PAYABLE 1.635.688 Amounts payable within one year 220.061 Trade debts 13.843 Suppliers 13.843 Taxes; remunerations and social security 206.218 Taxes 41.888 Remunerations and social security 164.330 Accrued charges and deferred income 1.415.627 TOTAL LIABILITIES 2.423.265 19

Profit and Loss Account 2019 EPIA SOLARPOWER EUROPE in Euros Rue d’Arlon , 69-71, 1040 Brussels, Belgium BE 0427.557.687 TURNOVER 2.801.299 Membership fees 1.566.340 Partnerships 262.232 Sponsorships 879.741 International Cooperation 92.752 SERVICES & MISCELLANEOUS GOODS (1.407.725) GROSS OPERATING MARGIN 1.393.574 Remunerations; social security and pensions (1.186.492) Depreciation on intangible and tangible fixed assets (103.832) Reduction value Provisions for liabilities and charges Other operating charges (31.427) OPERATING PROFIT 71.823 Financial income 234 Financial charges (-) (15.168) PROFIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXES 56.998 Extraordinary charge (11.052) PROFIT OF THE PERIOD 45.837 20

Expenses Breakdown 2015-2019 Evolution of expenses 2015-2019 Euros 3000000 2.755.228 16% 2.124.118 2.025.915 17% 2000000 18% 15% 5% 1.620.356 11% 1.484.228 12% 16% 3% 19% 5% 5% 2% 12% 12% 1000000 73% 69% 68% 68% 63% 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Staff Policy Business Development Fixed costs 21

Evolution Income 2015-2019 Evolution of turnover and financing structure 2015-2019 3000000 2.801.065 23% 2500000 2.149.911 5% 2.048.329 2000000 25% 1.634.643 1500000 28% 1.268.579 1000000 500000 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Membership fees Partnership/sponsorship EC projects International cooperation Extraordinary 22

Evolution Reserves Reserve growth through financial results 787.577 total reserve end 2019 741.741 715.948 45.837 693.534 679.247 25.792 700.000 22.141 14.287 500.000 300.000 100.000 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 -100.000 -215.649 -300.000 Reserve Financial result

5 Q&A and Votes 24

Voting procedure / test The vote will be run on the platform of (www.bigpulsevoting.com) More details on the details and procedure of the vote will be made available to all registered participants to the EGM before the EGM. For any questions upfront, please contact Charlotte Otten c.otten@solarpowereurope.org ( +32 2 704 46 71) TEST QUESTION 1: Yes 2: No 25

Overview votes APPROVAL OF ACTIVITY REPORT 2019 - VOTE 1 APPROVAL OF ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2019 - VOTE 2 “QUIETUS” OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR 2019 - VOTE 3 “QUIETUS” OF THE AUDITOR FOR THE YEAR 2019 - VOTE 4 26

Vote 1 Do you approve SolarPower Europe activity report 2019? 1: Yes 2: No 27

Vote 2 Do you approve SolarPower Europe annual accounts 2019? 1: Yes 2: No 28

Vote 3 Do you discharge the Board of Directors for any responsibility arising from the execution of their mandate in 2019? 1: Yes 2: No 29

Vote 4 Do you discharge the Auditor for any responsibility arising from the execution of his mandate in 2019? 1: Yes 2: No 30

6 SolarPower Europe Action Plan 2020 Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO 31