AS Published on Monday 29 June 2020 - n° 326 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de la Semaine n°326 of June 29th
THIS WEEK'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
If there were only five texts to read this week :
THE FILE
* Looking for a standard size of booklets
* The growing domination of the big manufacturers
THE WORLD
* The European Commission entangled in a green plan that is difficult to implement
* Spain wants to strongly develop RE
THE COMPANIES
* Meyer Burger changes from an equipment supplier to a producer of cells and panels
MISCELLANEOUS
* Manufacturers react to counterfeiting
Other interesting articles :
FRANCE
* Transposition of grid connection provisions into French law
* Neoen to build a storage plant in Finland
* Voltalia has concluded an electricity sale with Auchan Retail
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THE SUBSIDIARY
* An overview of the inverter market in 2019
* Will coronavirus stop solar investments?
* Will Covid 19 hamper price reductions in PV?
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THE WORLD
* Record installations in the United States in 2020
* The first quarter was catastrophic for German equipment manufacturers
* Spain wants to strongly develop RE
* India to introduce 20% tariffs from 1 August 2020
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MISCELLANEOUS
* A solar cell in the shape of a disco ball!
AS Published on Tuesday 9 June 2020 - n° 325 - Categories:PV Watch
A look at the recovery plans
The speed with which the price of solar kWh is falling is unparalleled. Government stimulus packages are based on "the world after". Is this enough to make it the focus of the post-pandemic economic recovery plan? What is missing? How can this be done?
AS Published on Monday 8 June 2020 - n° 325 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de la Semaine n° 325
THIS WEEK'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
If there were only five texts to read this week :
FRANCE
* One out of every two legal actions stops a solar construction
* Alternative distributors challenge the Arenh contract in the name of containment
THE FILE
* The rapid evolution of cost reduction in PV
* What do the two-sided panels provide? 1st part: experimentation leads to a 10% gain
Other interesting articles :
FRANCE
* Two loans for VSE-SMEs to convert them to ecology
* AkuoCoop is approved as a "participatory investment advisor" to better finance itself
* Recom focuses on quality and residential
* ARMOR has invested €100m in twelve years in photovoltaics
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THE FILE
* The detailed results of the various tests on the behaviour of the panels have been published.
* The two-sided panels + followers, the layout wins at 93%.
* Complement of the articleTwo-sided panels + followers, 93% of the layout is a winner
R AS Published on Tuesday 2 June 2020 - n° 324 - Categories:PV Watch
A look at the meaning of the European Commission's programme
What is most urgent for the Commission?
How does it intend to do this?
What are the consequences of its choices and those of the Member States?
How will the population react?
What is their habit?
Where are we going?
R AS Published on Monday 1 June 2020 - n° 324 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de la Semaine n° 324 of June 1st
THIS WEEK'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
If there were only five texts to read this week :
THE FILE
* The pandemic has revealed the future of renewable energies
* IEA says panel metals even in landfills are not dangerous
THE WORLD
* A presentation of the European Commission's green recovery proposals
* Another presentation of the European Commission's Green Plan
PRODUCTS
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* Optimistic forecasts for the future of hydrogen. Will they be verified?
Other interesting articles :
FRANCE
* Enormous ambition of Apex Energies
* Voltalia: concession contract won in Albania
* Apollon Solar launches panel production in France in the second half of the year.
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THE SUBSIDIARY
* What to do with signs at the end of their life?
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THE WORLD
* Increase interconnection to limit storage
* In the United States, renewables outstrip coal
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THE PRODUCTS
* Increasingly larger size, a new feature of the panels
* Project for the production of hydrogen as a fuel
* Can the efficiency and reliability of two power plants be compared?
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LES COMPANIES
* Baywa r.e. becomes a specialist in the construction of floating power plants
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MISCELLANEOUS
* Do the power plants have ecological benefits for flora and fauna?
R AS Published on Tuesday 26 May 2020 - n° 323 - Categories:PV Watch
A look at what we have learned from the health crisis
Declining demand, falling prices or negative prices. What does this temporary confinement landscape reveal about the future? What can be done about it? What leverage can be used?
R AS Published on Monday 25 May 2020 - n° 323 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de la Semaine n°323 of May 25th
THIS WEEK'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
If there were only five texts to read this week :
FRANCE
* Extension of seven months for the commissioning of all eligible installations
* 176 MW were installed during the first quarter in France
THE WIRE
* Managing lower costs and lower revenues for power plants
THE WORLD
* Green Recovery Plan envisaged by the European Commission
* Italy's recovery plan for energy efficiency in buildings
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Other interesting articles :
THE SUBSIDIARY
* The profession is wondering about the best way to valorise RE
* A timid awakening of roof owners' interest in PV
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THE WORLD
* 25% reduction in the number of solar workers in the United States in 2020
* German government agrees to raise the ceiling by 52 GW
* What will stop the Iberian solar energy from developing? .
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THE PRODUCTS
* A perovskite cell that does not decompose in heat and humidity.
* CdTe panels have the lowest carbon footprint.
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LES COMPANIES
* SunPower sells its maintenance business
* Strong drop in silicon costs at Daqo
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MISCELLANEOUS
* A device that captures light and shadow to create electricity
R AS Published on Tuesday 19 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:PV Watch
A look at the solar industry after deconfinement
Overall, the pandemic has had little effect on the solar industry.
Why is this trade union description excessive?
Why this serenity?
Some households have discovered solar roofs
Governments will take back the advantages previously granted to solar energy to launch it
Faced with this trivialisation of solar energy, it must reinvent itself.
L R AS Published on Monday 18 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de la Semaine n°322 of May 18th
THIS WEEK'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
If there were only five texts to read this week :
FRANCE
* An exceptional increase in Neoen's quarterly turnover
THE WORLD
* The European solar energy situation appears satisfactory
* German equipment manufacturers are going through difficult times
PRODUCTS
* Placing the panels on cables above other infrastructures
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THE COMPANIES
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* Soon a panel production unit in Europe?.
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Other interesting articles :
FRANCE
* SER-Soler believes that there is a need to re-create European panel production
* The effect of the pandemic on Engie
* Enerplan presents a recovery plan to help the climate
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THE FILE
* What is the respective efficiency of panels on land or at sea?
* Study of the degradation of lithium-ion batteries
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THE WORLD
* 44% increase in demand for solar quotes in the USA
* Will China and the US launch RE stimulus packages?
* Solar energy + storage at $0.038 / kWh
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THE PRODUCTS
* DuPont warns about cracking PVDF bottom sheets. Is this true?
* The loss of efficiency of coloured panels would be rather small
* A new gravity energy storage system
* A natural panel cooling technique
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THE COMPANIES
* Comparison of the development of the five leading inverter manufacturers
L R AS Published on Tuesday 12 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:PV Watch
A look at the benefits of the coronavirus epidemic
The behaviour of the French was different during the confinement
What will remain of this attitude?
A reduction in electricity consumption of 10% to 20%.
The contribution of solar + wind power to electricity demand is no longer marginal.
Coal-fired power stations are now doomed
Solar growth remains exponential
Energy savings in buildings are still to be achieved.
Petroleum detoxification will wait because the batteries are not ready.
L R AS Published on Monday 11 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de la Semaine n°321 of May 11th
THIS WEEK'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
If there were only five texts to read this week :
FRANCE
* Akuo Energy in 2019: strong growth
THE FILE
* Help yourself and heaven will help you!
* Global demand for panels weakens in the second quarter
THE COMPANIES
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* Big commercial success for First Solar but no profits
MISCELLANEOUS
* The experience of a signcontroller during the pandemic in China
Other interesting articles :
FRANCE
* Neoen to build a 460 to 480 MW solar power plant in Australia
* The French Solean has developed a solution for assembling panels
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THE SUBSIDIARY
* The oil crash will not have much impact on renewable energies
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THE WORLD
* RE in the US greater than coal for 40 days
* What is the effect of containment on U.S. residential installation companies?
* A 2.1 GW floating power plant project in South Korea
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THE PRODUCTS
* Fourfold increase in lithium-sulphur battery lifetime
* Creating new test procedures for perovskite cells and tandems
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THE COMPANIES
* Enphase's recovery continues
* SunPower adapts but digs its losses!
* SolarEdge forecasts a significant drop in activity in the 2nd quarter
* Meyer Burger plans to build a high-efficiency panel factory
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MISCELLANEOUS
* An air-aqueous battery with 150 hours storage time
L R AS Published on Tuesday 5 May 2020 - n° 320 - Categories:PV Watch
A look at the current settling in the PV
Two cases emerge: the situation of developers of large power plants and roof installers: large power plants; residential roofs; professional roofs
In France, there is still little information on the activities of installers and developers.
Project funding also distinguishes between the two categories
Negotiations on purchase contracts are continuing but are taking a long time to complete.
L R AS Published on Monday 4 May 2020 - n° 320 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de la Semaine n°320 of May 4th
THIS WEEK'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
If there were only five texts to read this week :
FRANCE
* Falling demand for electricity affects alternative distributors
THE FILE
* BloombergNEF sees spectacular gains on solar and storage
* The state of photovoltaics according to VDMA
THE WORLD
* U.S. residential installers will do anything to get customers
PRODUCTS
* The advantages of a flow battery
Other interesting articles :
THE FILE
* Even solar energy is affected by the pandemic
* The crisis will favour large players with liquidity
* Financing RE construction before, rather than after
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THE WORLD
* A round-the-world tour of PV disturbances caused by the virus
* Major solar projects are back in the US
* Revocation of the tariff exemption for double-sided signs
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THE PRODUCTS
* The inverter market grew 18% in 2019
* The multiple and recent advances in the knowledge of perovskite
* Trina Solar's Vertex panel reaches 516 Wp
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THE COMPANIES
* Sungrow has expanded exports in 2019
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MISCELLANEOUS
* Diamond nanowires, a new source of storage?
L R AS Published on Tuesday 28 April 2020 - n° 319 - Categories:PV Watch
View of the exit from the containment
THE ECONOMIC SITUATION
The fall in purchasing power
The use of debt will lead to higher interest rates.
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PHOTOVOLTAICS
Lower electricity demand will affect photovoltaics
Drying up of over-the-counter contracts
A serious crisis among manufacturers, which means increased competition, simplification of supply and recourse to N
A period of adaptation to come; it will prepare the arrival of RE
L R AS Published on Monday 27 April 2020 - n° 319 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de la Semaine n°319 of April 27th
THIS WEEK'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
If there were only five texts to read this week :
FRANCE
* Two decrees published: on the EPP and on the SNBC
* Towards a revision of the French energy system?
THE FILE
* The emergence of the N-type as a result of the 2020 overproduction crisis
THE WORLD
* What if the energy transition and the Green Plan lacked raw materials?
* Wholesale electricity prices in Europe would only rise in 2022
Other interesting articles :
FRANCE
* Can EDF make a lot of money in small-scale RE?
* Situation of collective self-consumption in France
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THE SUBSIDIARY
* The coronavirus is slowing down the demand for panels. Prices are tending to fall.
* The pandemic improves the atmosphere and increases solar production.
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THE WORLD
* The German photovoltaic market and its prospects
* The Netherlands could host between 100 GW and 125 GW by 2050.
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THE PRODUCTS
* The solar tracker market in 2019
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THE COMPANIES
* The value of PV assets will decrease at the end of the year if the price of energy has fallen.
* LONGi presented its 2019 accounts
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MISCELLANEOUS
* Google wants to optimise its production of renewable energy