A tough letter from five European energy ministers was sent to the European Commission this week, calling for a renaissance in solar manufacturing in Europe, and a flat out rush to build 1.1 TW of photovoltaics in Europe, mostly on 70 million rooftops, by 2030. The ministers call for this to be part of the REPowerEU plan designed to unhook the bloc from Russian oil and gas. It looks as if the text of the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America (SEMA) plan which has been pushed at adoption by President Biden, has been reworked into European-ese to achieve the same ends. Suddenly both the US and Europe have a heightened awareness of how far behind they are in solar compared…