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In 2020, LONGi increased its revenue by 66% to $8.4 billion; net profit reached

Fraunhofer ISE estimates that the European industry on key components (wafers, cells, panels) would be competitive with Asian competitors provided that the factory size is at least

In the first quarter of 2021, Voltalia's consolidated revenues reached €63.9 million,

For nine months, panel buyers have been lulled by the "sweet music" of a shortage. Almost every month, a news item emerges that seems as decisive as the previous one and justifies a price increase. There was the explosion in a silicon factory, a flood, a shortage of glass, a rise in freight, the rise in silver and its corollary silver paste, plastic components. At first you believe it, especially as there is a one-way message. Some time later the figures appear, which put things into perspective. Where do we stand?

Chinese glass manufacturers are pleased with the excellent business conditions in the second half of 2020. They have succeeded

Various factors driving up panel prices

Between July 2020 and February 2021, the price of 3.2 mm and 2 mm glass has risen by more than 60% per square metre. The price of EVA and POE encapsulation films has risen by more than

Lechwerke (LEW), an electricity supplier in Augsburg, is testing two small pilot vertical agrivoltaic systems, with an output of 3 and 6 kW, respectively. The systems are located

Several major German companies have announced plans to advance green hydrogen. RWE, Uniper and Bosch have

Unsubsidised solar energy could reach

The trend according to PV InfoLink of 14 April: Cell prices have risen slightly against the background of the continuing upward price trend in the intermediate and upstream segments.

Silicon:

Polysilicon prices have increased again,

Investors in large solar power plants have to make do with significantly lower internal rates of return

JinkoSolar has formulated a 2021 forecast with a very wide range. Its expeditions would be between

In Spain and Portugal, the deployment of auctions will not be sufficient to meet government targets

A symposium brought together experts from the hydrogen sector at the Large-Scale Solar Europe conference. They all agreed that there is still a lot of work to be done to remove the barriers to the commercialisation of green hydrogen, including multiple operator agreements and the still high cost of electrolysers.

The market is moving away from power purchase agreements, according to a panel of experts at the Large Scale Solar Europe conference. There is a shift underway in the financing of PV assets through debt. Traditional debt financing