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E.ON,
which has spent about 10 billion euros ($11.50 billion) on
renewable since 2007, has a pipeline of around one gigawatt (GW)
of solar in the United States, Michael Lewis, chief operating
officer of E.ON's renewable unit, said.
Overall, E.ON owns more than 4.5 GW of renewable capacity, more
than 95 percent of which is in wind power.
Earlier this week, the United States announced fresh financial
incentives for solar power development and use, expanding its
push for greater renewable energy adoption in what is seen as a
key initiative ahead of global climate talks in Paris in
December.
"If we want to achieve global climate targets then the U.S. has
to take a key role and Obama is doing that now with the Clean
Energy initiative that he has set up," Lewis told Reuters in an
interview.
E.ON made about 10 percent of its core earnings from wind and
solar power last year. That share will rise once the company has
completed a controversial spin-off of its power plants, energy
trading unit and oil and gas activities.
(Editing by Maria Sheahan)
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