UK Solar Market Awaits Mayor Boost

Hermann Scheer and Jeremy Leggett Speak at UK Solar Energy Conference

LONDON and ROTTERDAM, March 29, 2010 - The solar industry and market in the UK is about to explode and increase
over 100 percent for many years following the introduction of government
incentive on solar energy in April. "We've seen market boost and successful
kick-starting in other countries like Italy, Belgium and Germany. Within
three years the UK could be one of the mayor solar energy markets in
Europe," CEO Edwin Koot of the leading global PV industry portal
www.solarplaza.com predicts.

On the UK PV Conference on solar energy, to be held on June 22nd in
London, international solar experts Hermann Scheer and Jeremy Leggett will
focus on possibilities and developments in this field in their keynote
speeches. The conference will bring together more than 150 industry experts
from the business sector, the government and regulatory authorities

De-carbonizing our economy and changing the way we use and produce energy
is the name of the game in the new decade. The government incentives for
solar energy in the UK come in the form of guaranteed sales prices for
electricity produced from solar energy. These incentives, also called feed-in
tariffs, have been successful in Germany, the first country which introduced
them, and later on in Spain, France and Italy, thus becoming leading solar
markets in the world. "A growing solar industry can also lead to and
enormous increase of jobs," Koot states.

Hermann Scheer is considered to be the brains behind the first and most
successful feed-in tariff support scheme, and therefore one of the world's
leading experts. He is a long-standing prominent figure in the world of
renewable energy and received the Alternative Nobel Prize in Stockholm for
his worldwide commitment to renewable energy in 1999. He has been a member of
the German parliament for nearly three decades and is also president of
Eurosolar and general chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy
(WCRE).

Jeremy Leggett is a former director of Greenpeace and adviser to the UK
government on renewable energies. Leggett, who started his career as a
researcher in the oil industry, has set up the London-based solar energy
company Solarcentury. Since 1999, Leggett and Solarcentury have initiated
numerous solar energy projects around the country and have helped to change
public opinion on solar energy in the UK and beyond. Leggett, like Scheer,
has authored numerous books on the subject of solar energy.

"Hermann Scheer and Jeremy Leggett are two of the most internationally
recognized experts on solar energy. They understand the conditions required
for this exciting industry to grow in the UK. We are delighted to have them
both at our conference," says Koot. The conference is scheduled for 22 June
2010 at Central Hall Westminster.

Solarplaza is the provider of the leading global PV industry portal
www.solarplaza.com and has previously organized international PV trade
missions and PV expert conferences in Spain, Germany, California, China,
Germany, Italy, Greece, India and Taiwan.

More information: www.ukpvconference.com

For further information please contact: CEO E. Koot of Solarplaza, Tel: +31-10-2809198, email: e.koot at solarplaza.com.