What we're working towards
SOLAR is a young foundation. We build step by step: first the knowledge, then small trials, and only then something bigger. Our policy plan for 2026–2029 sets out three phases. You can see them below, exactly as they are in the plan.
These are goals, not promises. The board reviews progress every year.
Phase 1: Start-up phase (years 1–2)
The years count from when the foundation was set up.
Setting up the board and organisation
Developing the digital archive
Agreeing frameworks for collaboration
Starting pilot projects
Where we are now:
Setting up the board and organisation → Done. The board has a chair, a secretary and a treasurer.
The digital archive, archive.solar, is online but still very much in development. → In progress.
Agreeing frameworks for collaboration → Being explored.
Starting pilot projects → Being explored.
Phase 2: Expansion phase (year 3 onwards)
Scaling up research
Strengthening our volunteer structure
Making our funding sustainable
Publishing more of what we learn
Phase 3: Continuity phase
Safeguarding quality and transparency
Reviewing our policy regularly
Embedding our work in society for the long term
Read the whole plan
Want to know how we work and how we handle money? The full policy plan (in Dutch) is on Transparency.
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Every phase goes faster with more hands.