US-based First Solar plans to build a solar-panel factory in France to take advantage of the boom created by its generous solar feed-in tariffs.

France tamps down feed-in tariffs to counter 'solar rush' bubble

France has thrown a wet blanket over its recently proposed changes to its generous solar feed-in tariff (FIT) regime in order to pop the speculative bubble the incentives – the world’s most generous – were creating.

Published: Thursday, January 14 2010