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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
DC Peak Power of the plant : 11,88 kWc AC Peak Power of the plant : 9 kWc Surface of the photovoltaic field : 85 m² Panels : 54 modules ISSOL Cenit 220 Mounting system : Solrif by Schweizer Inverters : 3 x SMA Sunny Boy 3000TL-21 3 phases AC220V by star Energy loss according to the optimum : 4.16% source PVGIS |
Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
DC Peak Power of the plant : 11,88 kWc AC Peak Power of the plant : 9 kWc Surface of the photovoltaic field : 85 m² Panels : 54 modules ISSOL Cenit 220 Mounting system : Solrif by Schweizer Inverters : 3 x SMA Sunny Boy 3000TL-21 3 phases AC220V by star Energy loss according to the optimum : 4.16% source PVGIS |
Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
DC Peak Power of the plant : 11,88 kWc AC Peak Power of the plant : 9 kWc Surface of the photovoltaic field : 85 m² Panels : 54 modules ISSOL Cenit 220 Mounting system : Solrif by Schweizer Inverters : 3 x SMA Sunny Boy 3000TL-21 3 phases AC220V by star Energy loss according to the optimum : 4.16% source PVGIS |
Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
DC Peak Power of the plant : 11,88 kWc AC Peak Power of the plant : 9 kWc Surface of the photovoltaic field : 85 m² Panels : 54 modules ISSOL Cenit 220 Mounting system : Solrif by Schweizer Inverters : 3 x SMA Sunny Boy 3000TL-21 3 phases AC220V by star Energy loss according to the optimum : 4.16% source PVGIS |
Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
DC Peak Power of the plant : 11,88 kWc AC Peak Power of the plant : 9 kWc Surface of the photovoltaic field : 85 m² Panels : 54 modules ISSOL Cenit 220 Mounting system : Solrif by Schweizer Inverters : 3 x SMA Sunny Boy 3000TL-21 3 phases AC220V by star Energy loss according to the optimum : 4.16% source PVGIS |
Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
DC Peak Power of the plant : 11,88 kWc AC Peak Power of the plant : 9 kWc Surface of the photovoltaic field : 85 m² Panels : 54 modules ISSOL Cenit 220 Mounting system : Solrif by Schweizer Inverters : 3 x SMA Sunny Boy 3000TL-21 Compteur d'injection triphasé Energy loss according to the optimum : 4.16% source PVGIS |
The mechanism
of indexation which is structurally for decrease regarding the tariffs
of photovoltaic energy in France is applying again for the 1st quarter
2015. To notice that the
bonus between 5 and 10% which was granted for
the panels made in Europa has definitely been cancelled.
Moreover beyond of 9
kWp, the proposed
tariffs are dissuasive because they are near, and often
lower than the French grid parity (14 ct€/kWh).
In the same way, an
hazardous process of calls for offers is still managing the plants of
more than
100 kWp while only selecting
some producers who don't accept to
sell at the T5 groundfloor-tariff if their project achieves some
confused technical constraints.
That system, has proven its inefficiency since more than one year.
Globally, because
of a jungle of tariffs and penalizing unsteady policies , the
photovoltaic path in France is knowing a significant collaps since 2012
regarding the rate of grid-connected MWc / year.
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Applicable
tariffs for demands of grid-connection registered from the 1st quarter
2013
to the 1st quarter 2015
Source
: photovoltaique.info
To see also : 09/05/2013
(available
translations)
Applicable
tariffs for demands of grid-connection registered from the 1st quarter
2013
to the 1st quarter 2015
The Key-Numbers by photovoltaique.info |
Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
Very
hot weather : why the yield of photovoltaic panels is declining ? |
A new story for OPALE by SYCOMOREEN Photovoltaics the script of the video is available |
And other OPALE
projects in progress...
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32 207 kWh |
7 112 kWh |
62 666 kWh |
OPALE prototype for roof with medium size | OPALE prototype for residential carport | OPALE prototype for large photovoltaic fields |
Started on 14th January 2011 | Started on 20th April 2012 | Started on 7th December 2009 |
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The mechanism
of indexation which is structurally for decrease regarding the tariffs
of photovoltaic energy in France is applying again for the 2nd quarter
2013. To notice since
the beginning of 2013 : a bonus between 5 and 10% which is granted for
the panels made in Europa. However beyond of 9 kWp, the proposed
tariffs are dissuasive beacause they are near, and often
lower than the French grid parity (12 ct€/kWh).
In the same way, an
heavy process of calls for offers is managing the plants of more than
100 kWp while only selecting some producers who accept to
sell with even lower tariffs. Globally, the photovoltaic
actors in France are strongly penalized.
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Applicable
tariffs for demands of grid-connection registered during the 2nd
quarter 2013
Applicable
tariffs for demands of grid-connection registered during the 1st
quarter 2013
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The OPALE plants of Sycomoreen takes place again in the Top 5 of the best electrosolar yields in Auvergne for January 2013 |
Among
the 2 OPALE plants "wide roofings", the Photovoltaic
Dairy is
distinctly remarkable and achieves exceptional performances:
with a raw
production of 1368 kWh / kWc, it signs a performance 21%
greater
than the average in Auvergne (1132
kWh/kWc), and even 1%
better than one recorded in 2012 on the facilities from the French
Riviera (1357 kWh / kWc). Last year, it was placed as the n°1
in Auvergne in raw production (Sycomoreen2: 1475
kWh / kWc).
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011
Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009
Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
The new mechanism of indexation which is structurally for decrease regarding the tariffs of photovoltaic energy in France is applying again for the 2nd quarter 2012. During only 18 months, the T1 tariff has decreased of 30% ; T2, T3 and T4 of 64% ; T5 has weakened of 14%. Source : Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie To see also: 30/04/2012 (available translations) |
Sycomoreen has
build a
photovoltaic carport with the goal of technical
experimentations on "small" residential OPALE from 1 to 6 kWp.
Linked to the grid since April 2012, 20th, this solar plant has
produced 330 kWh during 14 days (23,5
kWh/day). With a nice weather, this
solar plant supplies about 4500 W ; this is enough in order
to reload the
CATHI van. The waited
yearly production of 5500 kWh is
balancing for example with renewable
electricity all the consumption of a 100 m²
dwelling for 4 people.
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The
new mechanism of indexation which is structurally for decrease
regarding the tariffs of photovoltaic energy in France is applying
again for the 2nd quarter 2012. The decrease of the 2nd quarter in comparison with the first one is 4,5 % for the residential solar plants (full integration on the roof) and 9,5 % for the not residential plants, or simple roofing integration . Since one year, these tariffs respectively have fallen of 19,45% and 32,9 %. The opposite tariffs are valid for the requests to connect on the grid contracted between the 1st January and the 31th March 2012 or the 1st April to the 31 June 2012. For following events, new decreases are foreseeable. During the 1st quarter 2012, the connected powers are quite weak with only 37,3 MWp on the residential plants and 102,4 MWp for the installations with simplified roofing integration. Source : Actu-Environnement to see also : 23/10/2012 (available translations) |
The opposite movie shows the raw gain of power which is
obtained by cooling the photovoltaic panels with water according to the
automations achieved by OPALE.
The
climatic conditions were : - cool weather : (10°C) and soft wind (<10 km/h) - Solar time : 13h30 - Orientation : South with slope of 50°. On each inverter, the production is increasing from 3400W to 3900W : 500 W are won, either globally 1500 W, for an average pumping consumption of about 300 W. There is a factor 5 between the used energy to pump and the additional energy recovered by the photovoltaic field. The instanatenous power raises by 15%, and keeps to be 12% additional while subtracting the energy for the pump. This experience demonstrates the relevance of OPALE even if the weather isn't scorching, because the panels are significantly heated only by the solar radiance ; for some very hot and sunny atmospheric conditions OPALE is much more efficient as the gain can reach until 20%, and even more... |
Photovoltaic water cooling experience at Spring 2012 : +12% by Sycomoreen |
The Sycomoreen's
plants are equipped with ultrasonic repelling devices 2 x
130 dB in order to
protect the electric wire from the attacks of rodents and other pest
animals.
The devices are supplied with an intermittent and cyclic manner: stop during about 8 minutes and continuous restart of about 8 minutes. Thus, the rodents are top stressed without acquiring a familiarization with the ultrasonic emissions. The power of each device is 2W and its annual consumption is about 9 kWh (less than 1€ in France). |
Ultrasonic pest repellers on the OPALE Plants par Sycomoreen |
Overall Photovoltaics with Automated Liquid Enhancements The pictures on
the left show the action
of OPALE used in the wintry mode to defrost the photovoltaic field and
remove the snow from the Sycomoreen's photovoltaic roofs
during the winter in order to increase the electric outputs..
- OPALE
photovoltaic BarnThese operations are made automatically with flowing liquids like water thanks to a set of sensors and automations outside and inside the buildings. The Sycomoreen's OPALE plants stay in the Massif Central (FRANCE) at 1200 m of altitude and are actually facing falls of snow and intense cold (0°C and less). More information: - OPALE photovoltaic Dairy |
Description of the
plant Sycomoreen2
Date of connection to the grid : 14/01/2011 Country / Department : France Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 9 450 Wc Inverters : 2 SMA Sunny Boy 5000TL Electrical wiring : 1 Phase AC 220V Area : 75 m2 Module : 70 Kyocera FD135GH2P Solrif integrated Slope : 50° Orientation : 0° South Installers : Elektricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Description of the
plant Sycomoreen
Date of connection to the grid : 07/12/2009 Country / Department : Auvergne Puy-de-Dome (63) Peak power : 15 840 Wc Inverters : 3 SMA Sunny Mini Central 6000A Wiring : 3 phases AC 220V by star Area : 144 m2 Modules : 288 Imerys PV rooftiles 55Wc Slope : 50° Orientation : -20° South Installers : Electricity Sycomoreen / Roof BADUEL |
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Photo of the place
where the plants
are suited at 1200 m of altitude |
The
new mechanism of indexation which is structurally for decrease
regarding the tariffs of photovoltaic energy in France is applying
again in the set of the last quarter 2011.
The global demand to connect on the grid lasting the 3rd quarter 2011 entails significant decreases for the tariff of 4.5% regarding the solar plants on dwelling, teaching and medical buildings, and of 9.5% for the other plants. The opposite tariffs are valid for the demands to connect on the grid contracted between the 1st October and the 31th December 2011. For following events, new decreases are foreseeable. Deliberation du 20/10/2011 de la CRE [French] Source : Photovoltaique.info [French] |
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To see also : 15/03/2011 | the tariffs in c€/kWh (available translations) from 01/10/2011 to 31/12/2011 [project] |
On the technical side | On the symbolic side |
OPALE means : Overall
Photovoltaics with
Automated Liquid Enhancements The
technical description of OPALE is available in the dedicated
pages,
and like the precious stone, OPALE leans on the combination of Silicium
(from the photovoltaic panels) and
of water (flowing liquid which
improves the yields of it).
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An
opale is a precious
stone made of hydrated silica with a SiO2,nH2O formula and
some other vestigial minerals or metals. The content in water
is
usually seen between 3 and 9 %, it can reach 20% according to the types
of Opale.
Thus OPALE confounds itself with the methaphor of an alliance between Silicium and Water. |
Photovoltaic Barn
Winter 2010/2011 February
2011 :
4th on 301 significant solar plants, which are recorded in Auvergne on BDPV January 2011 : 7th on 280 significant solar plants, which are recorded in Auvergne on BDPV December 2010 : 12th on 248 significant solar plants, which are recorded in Auvergne on BDPV November 2010 : 17th on 241 significant solar plants, which are recorded in Auvergne on BDPV |
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in Partnership with | Description of the project File BDPV of Sycomoreen |
Source Assemblé
Nationale TV Entirety of the registrations put on line November 16, 2010 entitled "Commission des affaires Economiques + Développement photovoltaïque" One will can notably hear about the speeches of Misters Hadrien CLEMENT (APESI) and André JOFFRE (TECSOL) Participants : - Sir Christian JACOB, Chairman of the Commission du Développement Durable (CDD) - Sir Serge POIGNANT, Vice-Chairman of the Commission des Affaires Economiques (CAE) - Sir Philippe DE LADOUCETTE Chairman of the Comission de Régulation de l'Energie (CRE) - Sir Paris MOURATOUGLOU, President of EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF-EN) - Sir Hadrien CLEMENT, President of the Association des Producteurs d'Electricité Solaire Indépendants (APESI) - Sir André JOFFRE, Président of TECSOL (see also the blog TECSOL) And Ladies and Gentlemen the Deputies : BROTTE, GOUARD, DIONIS, CHANTEGUET, SAINT LEGER, LE DEAUT and PIRON, HAVARD, GAGNAIRE and LE NAY, NICOLAS, QUERE and COSYNS, MASSAT, PRORIOL and LABRETTE-MENAGER,. |
Introduction of the debate with Christian JACOB, Pdt de la CDD |
Sir Serge POIGNANT,Pdt de la Commission des Affaires Economiques |
Sir Philippe DE LADOUCETTE, Pdt de la CRE |
Sir Paris MOURATOUGLOU, Pdt de EDF Energies Nouvelles |
Sir Hadrien CLEMENT, Pdt de l'APESI |
Sir André JOFFRE, Pdt de TECSOL |
Transition by Sir Christian JACOB, Pdt de la CDD |
Asks of the Deputies BROTTE, GOUARD, DIONIS |
Ask of the Deputy Paul CHANTEGUET |
Answer of Sir Serge POIGNANT, Pdt de la CAE |
Answer of Sir Philippe DE LADOUCETTE, Pdt de la CRE |
Answer of Sir Hadrien CLEMENT, Pdt de l'APESI |
Answer of Sir André JOFFRE, Pdt de TECSOL |
Answer of Sir Paris MOURATOUGLOU, Pdt de EDF-EN |
Asks of the Deputies SAINT LEGER, LE DEAUT and PIRON |
Asks of the Deputies HAGARD, GAGNAIRE and LE NAY |
Asks of the Deputies NICOLAS, QUERE and COSYNS |
Asks of the Deputies MASSAT, PRORIOL and LABRETTE-MENAGER |
Answer of Sir Philippe LADOUCETTE, Pdt de la CRE |
Answer of Sir Paris MOURATOUGLOU, Pdt de EDF-EN |
Answer of Sir Hadrien CLEMENT, Pdt de l'APESI |
Answer of Sir André JOFFRE, Pdt de TECSOL |
End of the debate with Sir Serge POIGNANT, Pdt de la CDD |