Solar Panel Maker Carbon Drops France Project as EU Lags China
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The project of a mega-plant of carbon solar panels in Fos-sur-Mer is abandoned, taking with it 1.7 billion euros of investments and 3 000 potential jobs. The company denounces the lack of protection of the European market in the face of low-cost Asian competition.
On Tuesday, 19 May, Carbon announced that it was putting an end to the project of a giga-factory of photovoltaic panels which it was developing in Fos-sur-Mer, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. Carbon was one of the two major projects of giant photovoltaic panels plants in France. It envisaged the creation of more than 3,000 jobs. - More than one billion euros of lost investments: the project of a giga-factory photovoltaic of Fos-sur-Mer abandoned (Econo…
Carbon announces on the LinkedIn network that it will stop the construction of an industrial unit in Fos-sur-Mer. European regulatory uncertainties are highlighted.
A symbol of the "green" reindustrialization dear to Emmanuel Macron, the project of Carbon photovoltaic panels factory is abandoned, the group announced on 19 May. Regulatory arrangements and public aid will not have been enough to keep it afloat in the face of political instability and a European preference deemed too timid by the start-up of Fos-sur-Mer.
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