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PV recycle becomes mandatory in France THE FRENCH WEEE Decree 2014-928
in the Official Journal brings PV modules within the scope of greater producer responsibility. With effect August 23rd 2014, PV companies established in France must finance and ensure the waste treatment of the PV modules they sell and import.
Extending WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive) to photovoltaic (PV) modules results in a legal obligation for France-based companies to organize the take-back and recycling of their discarded products returned to them by consumers and professionals.
“As far as the major PV module manufacturers are concerned, they anticipated the regulatory changes betimes, already integrating WEEE- compliance in their processes,” said Jan Clyncke, President at PV CYCLE France and head of Europe’s first PV- focused take-back and recycling scheme. “WEEE, however, not only concerns large manufacturing companies but the many
small and medium- sized enterprises today active in France.” Article R543-174 of the French Environmental Code defines a “Producer” as a natural or legal person established in France and manufacturing, selling or reselling under its own brand or importing PV modules.
“Offering a tailored service and good understanding of the French PV market is therefore a vital argument for our industry-managed waste treatment and compliance services”, said Nicolas Defrenne, Country Manager in France. Founded by leading actors of the French PV market, PV CYCLE France manages the WEEE-compliance for Producers and Importers and represents the industry towards the WEEE authorities.
“As the French regulations do not provide for any transitional period, it is important to comply immediately,” he
stressed the impact of WEEE in France. Additionally, PV modules are considered to be household equipment under French WEEE law, for which end-of-life treatment and financing must be provided in a global approach. “Classifying PV modules as household equipment results in charging a visible fee on every newly sold equipment to set aside the mandatory funds for future waste management,” explained Mr Defrenne further.
China power does JV deal for domestic growth
JINZHOU YANGGUANG ENERGY has entered into a processing contract with CPI Solar Power, a subsidiary of China Power Investment Corporation (CPI). The deal will see Jinzhou, a subsidiary of Solargiga, provide processing services to CPI in respect of 73 MW solar modules before the end of 2014.
The Processing Contract enables the Company to expand its business cooperation with CPI, one of the five state-owned power generation companies in China. CPI will become the Group’s second largest client in terms of total sales volume after Sharp Corporation.
The Chinese government actively promotes the domestic photovoltaic application market demands. As one of the five state-owned power generation
groups in China, CPI is strong on the development and construction of domestic new energy and plays an important role in the PV market in particular.
The Group has maintained stable partnership with CPI in the area of PV ingot and wafer businesses with stable increase shipment volume. The Processing Contract expands and deepens the cooperation scope between
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the Group and CPI and boosts the shipment volume of various products. Therefore, based on the 2014 total shipment volume of the Group covering the entire PV industry chain, CPI will become the Group’s second largest client after Sharp.
It is noteworthy that upon the Processing Contract being entered into, CPI is starting to widely adopt new high-end monocrystalline silicon wafer products which is developed by the Group recently for producing monocrystalline silicon cells. Highly cost-competitive 280W modules can be produced by using new high-end monocrystalline silicon wafer products. Therefore, construction cost of PV system will be reduced and investment return rate of PV power generation will be improved.
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