l'Actualité du Solaire

Maxeon wasted no time in launching a capital increase to raise $144m (see Manufacturer's summary: Maxeon wants to produce in the US; Reorganisation of the SunPower-Maxeon deal). Chinese wafer supplier Zhonguan Semiconductor (TZS)

Canadian Solar announces its new HiKu7 Mono LFM (Large Format Modules) series of panels with a power range of

First Solar announces that its CuRe technology reduces the degradation rate of its Series 6 panels

What Voltec does

The factory in Dinsheim-sur-Bruche, near Strasbourg, has a production capacity of 200 MW (about 500,000 panels per year) divided into

Valorem markets a cold room that runs solely on solar energy. Inside

According to industry sources, Chinese PV inverter manufacturers will increase their prices by

There is a lot of research into two-sided panels. The difficulty is to perceive the contribution of the rear side because the performance depends largely on the context of installation of the panels.

A decree from the Ministry of Ecological Transition puts an end to 1 euro insulation operations

In brief: Axter's sealing process; the Aerocompact PV mounting system; self-consumption according to Mobasolar

Axter, the waterproofing specialist

Sirea's industrial positioning is expanding: after positioning itself in solar energy production, then in

In 2019, Europe produced only about 11% of the world's solar grade silicon, 1% of the world's ingots and wafers, 0.4% of the world's cells and 4% of the world's panels.

In 2020, Akuo achieved a pro forma turnover of

Enedis presented its perception of the transformations and long-term investments that would be necessary to adapt the public electricity distribution network. The company

On the one hand, the silicon foundries who want to take advantage of their position at the beginning of the chain, and on the other, the panel assemblers who have understood that panel installers do not want to hear about price increases. They have already forced the glassmakers to remove the price increases they wanted to impose, and they are trying to impose this attitude on the foundries. Who will win this dispute? Depending on who wins, the repercussions will vary.

. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK'S NEWS

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If there were only five texts to read this week :
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FRANCE

* Enerplan met the DGEC to understand the delays of the future tariff decree

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THE WORLDE

* <a href="index.php?p=articles.show&id=13996&search=An electricity offer at 1.04">An electricity offer at 1.04 ct $/kWh

* China plans to remove subsidies for new PV projects

* US tax incentives to be redirected to RE

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THE COMPANIES

* JinkoSolar in 2020: suffering from the economic situation and falling to 2nd place worldwide

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Other interesting articles :

THE FILIÈRE

* IRENA PV and RE installation statistics in 2020
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THE WORLD

* Installations in Belgium are residential and increasingly professional

* New Indian government measure to develop PV
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THE PRODUCTS

* Glassmakers happy with price hike
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THE COMPANIES

* Reorganisation of the SunPower-Maxeon agreement

* Solargiga in 2020: will invest heavily in 2021-2022