L R AS Published on Monday 15 January 2018 - n° 217 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de l'Actu n°217 of 15 January 2018
THE IMPORTANT POINTS OF THIS WEEK'S NEWS (Le Fil de l'Actu n°217 of 15 January)
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FRANCE
* Result of the call for tenders on buildings from 100 kWp to 8 MWp *
The Minister wants to accelerate the energy transition
* The main axes to accelerate the de ployment of renewable energies
* Details of the forthcoming "ecological transition contracts" * Project
to extend Photowatt's industrial capacity
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THE FILE
* What is the influence of RE on the frequency of the network?
* Should we expect a global overproduction of wafers in 2018?
* Twelve points that marked 2017
* Chemical etching (MCCE) is graduallygaining ground
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THE WORLD
* China's photovoltaic energyproduction increased by 72% between 2016 and 2017 *
500 MW of large battery storage,installed in the United States in 2015-2017
* How did residential solar installations in the United States evolve in 2017?
* India wants its solar industry
* In Germany in 2017, RE reached a record level with 36.1% ofthe total electricity consumption in the country.
* The government agreement in Germany foresees an increase in RE installations * A
first in Germany : only RE served consumption for a few hours
* Slight increase in requests for subsidies to KfW in Germany
* Completion rate of the third Germancall for tenders: 90%
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THE PRODUCTS
* Producing solar energy from a tower
* Evolution of batteries to reduce the weight of cobalt * The price of cobalt
has more than doubled in 2017
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THE COMPANIES
* Panasonic starts production of cells and panels in the USA
* Jolywood to produce n IBC panels
* More new projects at Tesla, but vehiclesales are not keeping up
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MISCELLANEOUS
* Perovskite
Le Fil de l'Actu n°217 of January 15, 2018
