AS Published on Monday 11 September 2017 - n° 202 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de l'Actu n° 202 of September 11th
THE IMPORTANT POINTS OF THIS WEEK'S NEWS (le Fil de l'Actu n°202 du 11 septembre)
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FRANCE
* Further reduction in installations in France in the first half of the year
* EDF Energies Nouvelles acquires 80% of the third tranche of the Pirapora project in Brazil (92.5 MW) from Canadian Solar
* Colas has installed 100 m2 of solar road in the rue du Vieux-Pont-de-Sèvres in Boulogne Billancourt.
* Langa is preparing a capital increase to accelerate its growth
* Exosun has been placed in receivership since 30 June 2017.
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THE FILE
* September6, 2017prices : demand for panels slows down; prices in Chinese currency remain stable
* Sharp rise in the price of silicon in China
* Taiwanese cellmanufacturers return to full activity.
* Solar concentratorsexpected to triple
* Storage will make more changes than solar energy hasdone
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THE WORLD
* 50 MW of storage installed in the United States in the 2nd quarter
* 16,800 storagesystems were installed in Germany in the first half of 2017.
* Maas - ABN Amro launches major solar roof investment plan in the UK
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THE PRODUCTS
* Indium-aluminiumsolder strips to replace silver paste
* Tesla begins production of cells and panels in the Buffalo plant.
* New anti-foulingcoating of the panels
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THE COMPANIES
* Comparative table of 1st half year accounts for companies in the photovoltaic sector
* Strong improvement in LONGi's profitability in the first half of 2017 over 2016
* JA Solar's first-half 2016 salesare up sharply in the first half of theyear
* Good management of Wacker Chemie Silicium in the first half of theyear
* Hanwha Q Cells reduces its debt thanks to good profitability.
* By relying on monosilicon, Solargiga increases its profitability
* SMA believes it can raise its 2017 forecasts,... which are still below the 2016 results !
* SFCE-Shunfeng has financial expenses of 14% of sales
* Daqo New Energy suffers from a drop in wafer prices in Q2
* GCL Poly in the 1st half of 2017
* 49%increase in JinkoSolar deliveries in the 1st half of the year in one year
* Canadian Solar's profitability improved in Q2.
* SunPower loses money on large power plantsin the first half of the year
* At First Solar , the transition from Series 4 to Series 6 is complete.
* Defensive alliance between DuPont and Dow Chemical to survive
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MISCELLANEOUS
* The EuropeanCommission publishes a set of time series of solar production per hour
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