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Chinese Solar Tariffs Upheld by ITC
In a widely expected move, the International Trade Commission ruled US solar manufacturers were harmed by the pricing tactics of Chinese competitors – affirming a series of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs imposed by the US Department of Commerce in October. Here’s their statement: “The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) today determined that a US industry is materially [...]
LADWP Updates FiT Status
The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) has released an update on the status of its efforts to develop a Feed-in Tariff program (FiT) which provides some clarity while leaving many questions unanswered. Here is our take on what has been revealed so far. As we have reported before, LADWP has taken a [...]
Green Technology Duties Eased in Asia-Pacific Regions
Despite ongoing solar industry trade disputes involving China, a group of 22 Asia-Pacific nations has agreed to reduce import duties for green technologies that grow their economies without hurting the environment starting in 2015, reports The New York Times. The agreement by the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum sets import duties of 5% or [...]
EU Considers Tariffs on Chinese Solar Products
The European Union began their investigation this morning into allegations that Chinese solar companies have violated world trade agreements by “dumping” solar products on the global market. The New York Times reports that, in terms of value, this is the “world’s biggest anti-dumping investigation.” In 2011, Chinese solar products imported to Europe equated to 6.5 [...]
The Insane Growth of the Chinese Solar Market
China’s solar market is undergoing a change that sees much more photovoltaics being installed for on-site generation purposes. The growth in the segment, now the largest segment of China’s photovoltaics market, comes as the number of the country’s overall solar installations are increasing sharply, perhaps slightly reducing pressure for lower prices for PV internationally. The [...]
In Focus: Off-Grid Renewable Energy
At the beginning of August 2012, the world’s biggest power outage hit India leaving 600 million people without electricity. India’s burgeoning electrical grid failed to meet the extreme demands of its growing economy. They simply did not have enough capacity to meet the high demand of electricity in cities. The power outage threw the urban [...]
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 the Chinese Solar Tariffs Benefit India?
Indian consulting company Bridge to India released a statement saying that the proposed US tariffs against Chinese PV solar imports could actually be an enormous help to India, allowing it to become an alternative manufacturer. Such an event would also enable Indian PV solar companies to levy similar tariffs against Chinese solar imports. The threat [...]
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 [...]