The DII now has 18 full shareholders, including Siemens and E.ON, and 32 associated partners, spanning 13 countries across Europe and North Africa.

DII recently selected Morocco as the location of the first of three large-scale “reference” projects it intends to reveal by 2012. The project will be independent of the Moroccan government's own ambitious solar roadmap.

The list of new associated partners includes:

  • AGC Group
  • Audi
  • BASF
  • BearingPoint
  • Bosch Rexroth
  • Concentrix Solar
  • Conergy
  • Deloitte
  • FCC Energia
  • Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
  • GL Garrad Hassan
  • HSBC
  • ILF Consulting Engineers
  • Maurisolaire
  • Max-Planck Gesselschaft
  • SMA Solar Technology
  • TUV SUD