AS Published on Saturday 20 January 2024 - n° 472 - Categories:industry, industrial strategy
Faced with competition from China, Meyer Burger prefers to take refuge in America
Strong competition on panel prices in Europe forces Meyer Burger to close its production unit
L R AS Published on Monday 18 December 2023 - n° 470 - Categories:industrial strategy
Company highlights: SMA in the United States, Enphase inverters, Scatec 540 MW plant, Nextracker 10 GW plant
Company news: SMA in the US, Enphase inverters, Scatec 540 MW plant, Nextracker 10 GW
SMA plans to build an inverter production site in the United States, with an annual capacity of
L R AS Published on Monday 11 December 2023 - n° 469 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease
Industry news in brief: financing for Midsummer's thin films in Sweden, Canada's Heliene increases its capacity
Industry news in brief: financing for Midsummer's thin films in Sweden, Canada's Heliene increases its capacity
Sweden's Midsummer receives €32 million from the European Union
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 December 2023 - n° 469 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease
Midsummer invests in thin films in Sweden and in cells and panels in Italy
Sweden's Midsummer receives €32 million from the European Union to build a 200 MW CIGS thin-film production unit in Sweden.
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 December 2023 - n° 469 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease
Canadian company Heliene increases its panel production capacity
Canada's Heliene is doubling its PV panel production capacity in the United States to 300 MW and adding a second 500 MW line. The company plans to manufacture
L R AS Published on Saturday 9 December 2023 - n° 469 - Categories:stopping / restarting of activity
Austrian company Energetica files for insolvency
Austrian solar panel manufacturer Energetica Industrie is filing for insolvency. Around 120 creditors and 94 employees will be affected by the insolvency. The company's liabilities are estimated at around
AS Published on Saturday 2 December 2023 - n° 468 - Categories:stopping / restarting of activity
European silicon manufacturer REC closes its doors
Following a temporary shutdown in 2022, REC Group temporarily resumed operations in March 2023, in parallel with technological development and cost-cutting measures. Operations were suspended again in August.
AS Published on Saturday 2 December 2023 - n° 468 - Categories:industrial strategy
BP to buy Lightsource BP
Energy company BP will take full ownership of solar and wind energy developer Lightsource BP. This will happen once an agreement has been reached by mid-2024.
AS Published on Saturday 2 December 2023 - n° 468 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease, silicon mono/multi
There is too much excess silicon production capacity
Following the commissioning of silicon manufacturing plants in China, Bernreuter Research predicts fierce competition in the sector in 2024, which will drive many Chinese producers
AS Published on Saturday 2 December 2023 - n° 468 - Categories:industry, industrial strategy
RWE plans to triple its renewable energy installations by 2030
German utility RWE plans to invest €55 billion between 2024 and 2030 to install 65 GW of renewable energy. It currently operates 35 GW
L R AS Published on Saturday 25 November 2023 - n° 467 - Categories:industrial strategy
Fraunhofer ISE and Heckert Solar have developed a 400 W residential solar panel
Fraunhofer ISE and Heckert Solar have developed a 400 W residential solar panel with half M12 cells and an efficiency of 20.5%. This production
AS Published on Saturday 25 November 2023 - n° 467 - Categories:stopping / restarting of activity
A new European silicon manufacturer goes out of business (electricity too expensive)
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
AS Published on Saturday 25 November 2023 - n° 467 - Categories:setting up abroad
First robot to inspect solar power plants
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
L R AS Published on Saturday 25 November 2023 - n° 467 - Categories:accord-cooperation-redemption
Norway's Statkraft acquires Spain's Enerfin
Norway's Statkraft has acquired Spanish renewable energy developer Enerfin for an estimated sum of
AS Published on Sunday 5 November 2023 - n° 464 - Categories:panels, various PVs