Set up in Savoie!

The Agence Economique de la Savoie, Albertville Tarentaise Expansion, Chambéry Métropole and Maurienne Expansion will attend together the SAM under a mutual banner “set up in Savoy!”. The exhibition will take place from the 21st to the 23rd April in Grenoble - Alpexpo. A whole team is at your disposal to assist you in your projects for creation, development and installation.
Contact us: invest@savoie-entreprise.com - +33 4 79 25 36 18

2 days devoted to energy plus building

The theme days PREBAT about energy plus building will be held on March 31st and April 1st at Chambéry - Le Manège. The program includes conferences, feedbacks, research and experimentation's examples, and visits of Passive houses.
These two days will be rich in experiences and information sharing.

Savoie the solar champion

The 2090 RES Champions League results were released at the 11st edition of the symposium of local authorities for energy and climate.
Chambéry has been awarded first prize for the number of its solar thermal installations in the category between 20 000 and 99 999 inhabitants, with 3 680 m²installed panels. Saint Jean de Maurienne has been awarded first prize for the number of its solar thermal installations in the category between 5 000 and 19 999 inhabitants, with 416 m² installed panels.
The RES Champions League is a renewable energy competition between French local communities based on the number of equipments of wood energy (boiler) and solar energy (photovoltaic and thermal).

INES EDUCATION: practical feedback complements research

INES EDUCATION is the National Solar Energy Institute's training, expertise and technical information branch. One of its projects has been to develop “TéléSuiWeb”, a computer program that uses the data provided by water and energy meters to monitor the performance of individual or collective solar water heaters. In order to check that their installation is functioning correctly all users have to do is read the meters and enter the readings into the TéléSuiWeb website. The program then compares this real data with the theoretical performance of the system. In Rhône-Alpes, “TéléSuiWeb” is currently being used to monitor 170 installations providing hot water to 5,000 people. Similar systems are being set up in other regions of France.
INES EDUCATION shares the data provided by “TéléSuiWeb” with manufacturers and installers, in order to help them size new installations. INES EDUCATION has developed other tools for evaluating the energy, economic and environmental advantages of solar installations. They are free and available online.

New solar-electricity feed-in tariffs: the ministerial order is signed

The government has ended the uncertainty about feed-in tariffs by setting new rates for electricity from renewable sources, including solar electricity. The order, signed on 14th January 2010, maintains the tariff of 58 Euro cents/kWh for “building-integrated” PV installations in buildings used for housing, education and health purposes, and increases the tariff to 50 Euro cents/kWh for other buildings (industrial, commercial, agricultural, etc). For “simplified building-integrated” installations the tariff has been set at 42 Euro cents/kWh, whereas the tariff for electricity from ground installations remains at 31.4 Euro cents/kWh, although this can vary depending on where the installation is located.
Website of the Ministry of the Economy, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea.

A new arrival at Savoie Technolac: RYB TERRA

Created 50 years ago, RYB is one of France's leading renewable energies groups. Today, its RYB TERRA subsidiary is widely recognized for its expertise in geothermal ground collector systems. RYB TERRA's young and dynamic 10-person team offers its clients a complete range of services from engineering and architecture to technical surveys and project implementation. The company is currently active in France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria with an innovative range of quality-certified products.

Mission Solaire: a task force to develop the solar field in Savoie

Thanks to Senator Jean-Pierre Vial, the actors of the economical development from Savoie decided to combine their strengths within a project team called “Mission Solaire”. It aims to coordinate and develop all initiatives to increase the solar field: entrepreneurship and innovation, prospecting and set-up, international relations, training and employment, etc... The mission solaire is driven by the Agence Economique de la Savoie and Savoie Technolac.

2009 Solar Brochure edition

The new edition of the Solar Brochure has just been released. The present guide offers a view of the solar market in Europe, France, Rhône-Alpes and Savoie. Engineering, installation, distribution, public research or training in Rhône-Alpes, you may find most of them here. This document is available in tree languages: French, English and German.