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Is Polysilicium FBR a solution for the French market?
Facing the turbulence of the polysilicon market, let us focus on the polysilicon produced by the FBR process which seems to us today to be the most suitable solution for supplying the French market…
CARBON FOOTPRINT & FRENCH PV TENDERS – Low-carbon modules: what are the promising alternatives?
The Norwegian upstream insufficient supply is hardly beatable from a carbon footprint point of view:
Crystalline PV modules manufacturers quickly realized that producing modules based on a Norwegian upstream supply is the simplest solution…
CARBON FOOTPRINT & FRENCH PV TENDERS – Low carbon supply: The Norwegian question
In order to offer modules with le lowest carbon footprint, most of the modules suppliers source materials from Norway:
In order to offer the module with lowest possible carbon level...
CARBON FOOTPRINT & FRENCH PV TENDERS – Impact of the manufacturing country and process: what are the optimization targets?
Step -by-step impact assesment.
Before performing any Life Cycle Analysis, it is useful to analyze the weight of the carbon impact of each manufacturing step and component. Referring to Figure 1 below, we quickly realize that purification…
CARBON FOOTPRINT & FRENCH PV TENDERS – LCA and optimized carbon values: method 2 & documentary process
LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
If the candidate wishes to use optimized GWP coefficients and use what CRE calls “Method 2”, an LCA must have been carried out on the production sites considered.
CARBON FOOTPRINT & FRENCH PV TENDERS – Introduction to Simplified Carbon Footprint: calculation
The ECS (Simplified Carbon Evaluation) calculation details that are explained in this article correspond to the CRE3 method, which therefore does not include losses and breakages coefficients.
CARBON FOOTPRINT & FRENCH PV TENDERS – Rapid introduction to the CRE bidding mechanism
The French photovoltaic market is now one of the most stable and promising markets in Europe.
Particularly thanks to the CRE bidding mechanisms, introduced since July 2011 for projects of more than 100 kWp…
Technical PV Outlook: What your module supplier should be on track for?
Reducing manufacturing cost to its minimum.
For years now the PV manufacturers have managed to drastically cut down the cost of photovoltaics in many ways, by vertical integration & supply optimisation…