The Varilhes entertainment center was fully equipped to receive the majority (205 municipalities represented) of the representatives of the 306 municipalities and 8 interurban municipalities that belong to the Ariège Departmental Energy Union. All were present at the general meeting, the main purpose of which was to vote on the original budget. This amount is … Read more
basic Readers of La Dépêche du Midi responded to our call for witnesses. Victims of scams or incompetent installers, disappointed by lower than advertised profitability, got bogged down in paperwork… Many of them regret their investment in photovoltaic energy. If some of the readers Dépêche du Midi who responded to our call for witnesses said … Read more
basic The French are jumping into photovoltaic panels covering more and more roofs. Is it really worth the investment to lower your electricity bill? How to navigate in the flood of offers to individuals and help with the purchase? How to avoid scams? Lighting. Photovoltaic panels are attracting more and more French people. In ten … Read more
basic The market for photovoltaic panels in France is experiencing a boom, last year 180,000 households were equipped with them. For those who live in apartments, there are devices to install on balconies. How do they work and are they useful for reducing the amount of your electricity bill? La Dépêche did the calculations. Those … Read more
basic Although solar panels appear on thousands of French roofs every year, the green energy sector is under threat. European companies, including those based in France, are no longer benefiting from this madness. Will you witness the decline of solar energy from here? Alarm bells are ringing in the four corners of Europe. In Germany, … Read more
basic In the global solar panel market, dominated by China, the response is orchestrated. France to announce measures. Faced with competition and Chinese hegemony in the photovoltaic panel market, the response is organizing. Australia, where almost one in three homes is equipped with solar panels but less than 1% of them are manufactured in the … Read more
basic The price of water will rise this summer. The measure should calm the enthusiasm of users who use too much water. “Nothing will change” for pool owners. The announcement caused quite a stir. From June 1, a new so-called seasonal water rate will come into force in 37 municipalities of the Toulouse metropolis. Consumption … Read more
basic A year after applying for a building permit for the TotalEnergies agrovoltaic project with an area of 170 hectares in four municipalities, including Plaigne, at the end of 2022, RWE again made a 58 ha project in December 2023. in the town of Plaigne. “We are surrounded this time!” At the beginning of March … Read more
The European Commission announced on Wednesday (3 April) that it had opened two anti-subsidy investigations against consortiums of solar companies involving subsidiaries of Chinese groups including LONGi, a giant in the sector. The investigations focus on two separate consortia and are launched under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, a set of rules that came into force … Read more
basic The Aveyron-based company, the eighth French company in its sector, has big ambitions. It is one of the jewels of the Aveyron economy. Based in Lioujas and Anglars-Saint-Félix, the laser company ATS, specialist in industrial sheet metal, could be said to be experiencing exponential growth. “We’ve seen double-digit sales growth almost every year”Damien Boulanger, … Read more