L R AS Published on Monday 22 January 2018 - n° 218 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Le Fil de l'Actu n°218 of January 22, 2018
THE IMPORTANT POINTS OF THIS WEEK'S NEWS (le Fil de l'Actu n°218 du 22 janvier)
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FRANCE
* Raising the European target to 35% RE by 2030?
* The government is preparing for the post-closure of the Fessenheim power plant
* Photowatt wants to position itself upstream of the PV sector
* The role ofthe photovoltaic industry in the energy sector is being completed.of small and large companies
* Self-consumption should be free of charge according to the European Parliament
* 30 MW solar farm in Senegal built by Solairedirect .
THE FILE
* Prices as of 17 January 2018
* Bloomberg NEF comments on its forecasts for 2018:
* RE and solarinvestments in 2017
* Evolution of the demand for diamond wire
* Valuing the location rather than the quantity of RE supplied
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THE WORLD
* US micro-grids could double by 2022
* Taiwan's renewable energy situation :
* Saudi Arabia will launch a tender in 2018 to build 3.3 GW
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THE PRODUCTS
* the lithium-metal battery
* Centralised management of the trackers is to be preferred to decentralised management
* Nissan launches a home energy solution in the UK
* Lockheed Martin Energy launches flow battery in late 2018
* DZS (SunPower) introduces 400Wshingle panel
* More and more appliances responding to the voice
* New zinc flux battery
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THE COMPANIES
* Meyer Burger in 2017
* Toyota acquires 15% of Orocobre for nearly US$240 million
* Tongwei's production capacityincreases sharply
* Shell's new investment in photovoltaics
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Le Fil de l'Actu n°218 of 22 January 2018
