l'Actualité du Solaire

On Tuesday 21 November, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which aims to relocate the manufacture of renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics, battery energy storage and wind power in the EU. It must now move on to negotiations with the European Council to clarify the details.

The downward spiral in prices accelerated again in November. Prices fell by a double-digit percentage in one month. Never before in the history of photovoltaics,

Le prix moyen des batteries de stockage d'énergie LFP est tombé à 0,5 $/Wh en octobre, soit une baisse mensuelle de 3,3 %. Le marché de l’électricité connaît actuellement une demande insuffisante.

Au cours des deux dernières années, le secteur du stockage d’énergie a connu un regain d’intérêt, attirant de nombreuses entreprises désireuses de se tailler une niche dans ce domaine en plein essor. Aujourd'hui,

Silicon

Negotiations have improved this week, but downstream manufacturers are pressing for low-priced silicon. As supply increases,

American scientists have passivated an inverted perovskite solar cell in a different way. They achieved an efficiency of 25.1% and remarkable stability.

Inverted perovskite cells have a known device structure

Voltec and the Institut Photovoltaïque d'Île-de-France (IPVF) plan to set up a pilot line for their new tandem panel technology in 2023 and their first 200 MW industrial demonstrator in 2025.

The director of Climate Energy Finance estimates that the price of panels will eventually fall by 40% within the year. He predicts the closure of old technologies and small production facilities in China and the rest of the world. The price of panels will return to

REC Group is shutting down its Norwegian silicon production facilities due to high electricity prices. He points out that the Chinese pay for their electricity

The expansion of the solar industry is accelerating, but the shortage of skilled labour could interrupt this momentum.

Growth in the sector as a whole shows no signs of slowing. In Europe alone, installed production capacity is set to double over the next five years. The labour shortage needs to be addressed.

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Israeli researchers have calculated how long it would take for photovoltaic power stations and reforestation projects to offset the warming effects caused by the darkening of the earth. In arid areas,

The price of solar wafers has risen slightly, supported by the weakening of the US dollar against the Chinese RMB: the FOB China price of the PERC M10 mono wafer has increased.

Extreme weather is a growing risk for solar farms. More than 25% of Australia's power generation currently falls into the three highest climate risk categories, according to

Spain's Arbórea Intellbird has developed its first autonomous civilian robot for inspecting large-scale solar power plants, with a range of thirty hours. Equipped with thermographic sensors

According to Finlay Colville, the main silicon panel manufacturers will find it difficult to make their production profitable or will accumulate significant operating losses in 2024. Only one manufacturer will be profitable in 2024: First Solar.

The author bases his forecast on the idea that 2024 will be a year of slowdown in c-Si-specific manufacturing.