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The Plot Thickens: China to Investigate U.S Polysilicon Trading Practices
This is what it sounds like when the other shoe drops. Last year SolarWorld Americas and the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) launched a campaign against China’s silicon-based photovoltaics trading practices. That’s resulted in two preliminary Commerce Departmentrulings imposing tariffs on imports of Chinese-made silicon photovoltaics, some higher than 200 percent. Yesterday (July 19) [...]
Will Chinese Solar Tariffs Increase Domestic Costs?
While the proposed tariffs on China-manufactured solar panels aim to increase competitiveness for US panels, Lux Research predicts they will just drive costs upward on all solar panels. “It’s not going to have a positive impact on the solar market,” said Fatima Toor, an analyst with Lux Research, an independent research and analytics firm. Solar industry [...]
Dear Solar Industry: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Here’s the latest solar trade conflict update from the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy. . . The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) today joined other leading American solar industry associations and suppliers in calling for the US and Chinese governments to engage in a constructive dialogue to avert a destructive global trade war in [...]
Will Solar Stocks Benefit from the Solar Tariff War?
The U.S imposition of duties on Solar panel imports from China has raised the hackles of the Chinese Government which considers the solar industry to be strategic to its future growth. While it will not affect the Chinese exports in a big way considering the easy workarounds, it has the potential of making the Chinese [...]
Profiting from the Current Solar Crisis
The U.S imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on China-made solar cells has brought out unintended beneficiaries and losers. I had explained in an earlier post that US-based polysilicon factories and solar equipment makers will be hurt due to this decision. They will probably face Chinese government duties on imports of polysilicon and equipment where [...]
U.S Shipments Suspended by Chinese Solar Industry
US imports of Chinese solar panels could drop by half this year as a result of the US Commerce Department ruling that slaps a tariff on imports, says market research firm, IHS, Inc. That would raise prices, quickly deplete inventories and impact project timelines, they say in the report, IHS iSuppli PV Perspectives. Because of [...]
Can The New U.S Tariff Benefit Chinese Solar Manufacturers?
Spire Corporation’s Spire Solar unit builds turnkey factory assembly lines for crystalline and thin-film photovoltaic (PV) factories. Roger Little, Spire’s CEO, is looking pretty smart right now. Since early this spring, Little has been predicting a tariff in the 30 percent range would be put on Chinese solar panel imports. On May 17, the U.S. [...]
Chinese Evading Solar Tariffs!
A recent decision to impose substantial anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar cell manufacturers shook the solar world. The intention of these duties is to prevent unfair “dumping” of Chinese solar products in the US market, which hurts American manufacturers. Those in opposition to these tariffs feel that they have created anxiety within trade relations and [...]
New Solar Tariffs: Hurting American Jobs?
Well, it happened. . . Chinese solar modules are now expected to be hit with huge tariffs. Here’s what the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (pretty much the most vocal and rational voice on this issue) had to say. . . Leaders and member companies of the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) today responded [...]