France launched a rescue solar industry plan

According to Reuters, the French government has recently decided to target doubling the country's solar power generation capacity, at the same time providing more financial support for the use of European production of solar photovoltaic panels, small solar projects to save the weak solar industry in France.

The former French government is trying to squeeze any bubbles of the solar power industry, in the past two years, the solar panel industry has lost 15,000 jobs, the number of employees dropped from 32,500 in 2010 to 18,000 last year.

The new set of solar power generation capacity target twice in the past, to 1,000 megawatts per year, which has the equivalent of a small nuclear power station. For those small-scale, small-scale solar power plants, the use of photovoltaic panels to generate electricity production by European countries, the French government will be provided up to 10% of the long-term protective tariff subsidies.

French Energy Minister Dai Erfen? Bator (Delphine Batho), the financial support of the plan is expected to bring more than 2 billion euros (one euro equal to about 8.29 yuan) investment. It is estimated, according to the French government, used to subsidize the cost of $ 90 million to 170 million euros annually.

For the practical effect of this initiative of the French government, a department official said the suspect. Renewable Energy Association in France Chairman Jean - Louis? Barr (Jean-Louis Bal) This can short-term rescue the solar cell industry, "After all, this is the first time in three years, government release positive information", but does not guarantee that the industry long-term development.

The support of the French government has been in need of a large number of government subsidies for renewable energy is not the supply of wind and solar power currently accounts for only 13% of the electricity consumption of France, far below the Sarkozy government to achieve in 2020 23% of the development goals.

Contrast, Germany is only on both sides of the Rhine on the installation of a large wind power and solar charge controller power facilities, despite the fluctuations in the power supply of renewable energy power plants, but its capacity already equivalent to 58 nuclear power plants in France.

Decreased due to the production cost of renewable energy each year in France magnitude of subsidies for renewable energy feed-in tariff will be reduced by approximately 10%. The French government's energy management department Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) will be based on the progress of the construction of power facilities and production targets, the quarterly adjustment once the reductions and to attract or control the corresponding investment.

In addition, the French government is also trying to reduce its dependence on imported photovoltaic panels. However, the Bator acknowledged the government's move some legal risk given the green light of the European product may cause international trade disputes.