French solar target doubled to 1GW

The French government has released emergency measures to encourage the solar industry in the poor situation of the country, a $ 260 million investment.

These measures include the previous target 500MW solar project doubled reach 1GW, by to simplify tendering procedures and the introduction of domestic subsidies, the French Government believes that this year this is can be achieved.

The tender of more than 250kW 400 MW system has been simplified, these systems will be divided into concentrating photovoltaic systems and photovoltaic systems for tracking and other roof technology.

Ground-mounted devices built on brownfield land will be favored, such as agricultural land.

These guidelines will be according to the French government's support to face French industry from foreign competition.

Small-scale (<100kWp) roof-mounted target this year has increased to double the reach 400MW. To do this, the feed-in tariff subsidy structure has been simplified by removing the building types such as schools or public buildings, and has launched 10% of domestic capacity allowance. Although building integrated photovoltaic systems will benefit from a 5% increase in feed-in tariff subsidies, subsidies will be cut by 20% for non-integrated photovoltaic feed-in tariff system. However, the government said parts of the feed-in tariff subsidy policy, these devices will receive 10% of domestic capacity allowance.

Reuters reported that, in the past two years, the French solar cell industry has lost about 15,000 jobs. The sector in 2012 employed 18,000 people, more than 32,500 people in 2010, a substantial decline.

Access MPO energy of photovoltaic cells producing countries in northern France, Delphine Batho, sustainable development and energy minister in France, said: "Because of the yo-yo policy of the former government, lost a lot of work, but we will fight .. development of ecological competition in France force. "

PV full line of products prices rebounded by the support of the demand for solar energy systems in China and Japan, according to the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association silicon club parties: the one hand, the Japanese policies subsidy measures down in March of this year, some manufacturers have felt the strong efforts to orders, on the other hand, the Chinese demand for solar charge controller energy systems also pulled polysilicon prices.

It is worth noting that the recovery of the domestic PV market demand has been reflected in many corporate orders pulled on. It is understood that the domestic first-line enterprises operating rate of at least 8 percent, part of the full production line enterprises and rush orders labor shortage.

Analysts said, 2012, the photovoltaic industry experienced the worst year, but due to the crash of the industry's profit margins and cash flow chain scission industry profiteering era has past, when significantly reduced profit margins in the industry, new entrants has dropped to lows. At the same time, the funds face pressure caused SMEs concentrated exit. "This obviously means that still excess supply of photovoltaic industry, but to the production process has gradually begun." The analysts said in 2013 the industry will face a situation of supply downstream steady growth in demand, industry inflection point in the future will depend on the supply and demand side changes. Overall, the 2013 industry trends will be better than 2012, the industry has been formed at the bottom.

The vigilance Deal negative effects

Despite the obvious effect of policies to promote, but there are still industry experts remind very prominent problem of excess domestic photovoltaic manufacturing capacity, destocking will continue for quite a long period of time, which means that during this period the domestic PV solar panel market demand sales of enterprise products pull effect. The latest in a series of bailout policies may be a "double-edged sword", the negative effects of SMEs in the exit channel excess capacity again "resurgence".

A small and medium-sized polysilicon film-makers, the person in charge, said the China Securities Journal reporter, despite serious backlog of inventory in the last year, but the plant has been in orders shipped mentality recent factory overtime rush shipment. "As long as we can maintain the operating rate, we can hold out for some time, not to mention the market Seeing up, so it can not easily quit." This responsible person, peers more than that after the New Year began to open enough horsepower production.