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What is really going on in the Chinese photovoltaic industry? In principle, there is a shortage of silicon, which has driven up prices. The silicon slicers have entered into long-term contracts for the supply of silicon and for considerable amounts.

At the end of the line, panel manufacturers are refusing to accept price increases for cells that come from wafers and silicon themselves. They have sought to put pressure on their suppliers by working at only two-thirds and then half capacity

So where does the silicon produced go if the panel manufacturers are only working at half capacity? Why aren't users suffering from a shortage of panel supply? It is these inconsistencies, these manipulations, these unspoken words that are analysed in the text below

Me Canton of BMH Avocats discusses the possible remedies available when tariffs are called into question

The first recourse, which can be likened to an "amicable" recourse

The draft decree provides that producers must be informed individually,

On 2 June 2021, the Ministers published the draft decrees and orders for the implementation of Article 225 of the Finance Act 2021. These drafts

Finergreen's analysis of the Solar on buildings tender CRE 4 -Tranche 12

Despite the pandemic reducing global primary energy demand by 4%, the share of fossil fuels in the energy mix is as high as it was ten years ago

The Solarcoop cooperative, which has just launched a self-consumption kit (A new DIY solar kit) reacted to the article published in the June issue of Que Choisir magazine

To provide batteries for all electric vehicles, new sources of lithium are needed all the time. Researchers in Kaust, Saudi Arabia, have developed a system for extracting lithium from the sea.

Producer prices on 16 June

Installers in brief: EQT-Solarpack, Azure in loss, Acciona in Chile, Soltec follower, 3rd ^{purchase by} Lightsource

Sweden's EQT acquires 51% of the shares of

In May, rising supply chain costs caused solar stocks to underperform the market. For the US,

US Congress calls on Customs to take immediate action against silicon

The industry, which already had to decide on the cell format, must now analyse the transformation from p-PERC to n-type technology.

In October 2020, First Solar replaced copper with CuRe in its Series 6.

German companies dominate the European market for the operation and maintenance of solar parks. Belectric

The trend, according to PV InfoLink of 16 June , is that cell and module production capacity utilisation rates have fallen significantly. Wafer manufacturers are affected by this lower demand.

Silicon:

Lower downstream demand is causing silicon producers to be cautious