IHS Markit has revised its 2018 China solar PV forecast upwards to 40 gigawatts (GW) in the wake of news that the country’s National Energy Administration is considering increasing its 2020 PV target to as much as 270 gigawatts GW.
Following China’s sudden decision to cap its solar additions in 2018 late last month, Taiwan-based market research firm EnergyTrend has revised its forecast for the country’s solar capacity additions this year, and subsequently lowered its global forecast from 106 gigawatts (GW) to between 92 and 95 GW.
Originally published on Solar Love. Official figures from China’s National Energy Administration have shown that the country only installed 7.7 GW of new solar in the first half of 2015. The National Energy Administration (NEA) also admitted that congestion on the grid caused by a higher share of solar energy … [continued]
Earlier this week, China’s National Energy Administration revealed that the country had installed 5.04 GW of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2015 — over half of what the country installed in 2013 and in 2014, and well above analysts’ expectations. Deutsche Bank analyst Vishal Shah commented on … [continued]
Prolific journalist and blogger Scott Thill (of Wired, Salon, Huffington Post, Alternet, Grist, SolarEnergy.net, and probably other outlets) interviewed me a little while back about US/EU tariffs on Chinese solar cells and solar modules (which dominate the solar cell and solar module market). Honestly, the interview could have gone either … [continued]
RenewEconomy. Analysts predict that the solar leasing model that has dominated the solar rooftop market in the US could soon become commonplace in China too, as that country tries to encourage more homes and business to install solar. In Beijing on Thursday, China’s National Energy Administration released its key policy … [continued]
In recent media coverage of the US–China solar trade petition, there has been an uptick in predictions that all parties are headed toward a negotiated settlement. I hear these sentiments echoed in my conversations with solar companies who are choosing to wait and see how the SolarWorld petition plays out rather than speak … [continued]
Originally published on the US Department of Energy Website Production scale, not lower labor costs, drives China’s current advantage in manufacturing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems, according to a new report released on September 5 by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology … [continued]
Originally published by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) An industry proposal aimed at ending a long-running solar trade dispute between the United States and China continues to gain support among key lawmakers at both the state and federal levels, including the chairmen of the U.S. Senate Finance and Budget committees (Bloomberg Businessweek … [continued]
This article was first published on Lenz Blog. EU Commissioner De Gucht has announced that the antidumping case on Chinese solar panels has been settled. Chinese makers will have to sell solar panels at a minimum price, and there will be a ceiling on exports to the EU from China. The official … [continued]
