A European Commission decision to impose anti-dumping duties would pose significant problems for China’s silicon PV manufacturers, which now find themselves reeling from debt loads, a precipitous decline in prices (largely of their own making), and slowing demand as a result of the ongoing EU debt crisis and slow economic growth. […]
CASM invokes a legacy of US industrial and technological innovation ahead of Telstar 1’s 50th anniversary and a Commerce Dept. ruling on Chinese dumping of silicon solar PV cells and panels in the US market. […]
China’s new 12th Five-Year Plan clearly shows that rather than striving to comply with internationally agreed-upon trade rules, the Chinese government is intent on dominating solar PV and wind energy manufacturing globally. China’s new plan will direct some $1.5 trillion into solar PV manufacturing export, with polysilicon, thin-film CIGS solar PV producers and equipment manufacturers now squarely in its sights.
China’s been tremendously successful at stimulating growth of a domestic solar photovoltaic manufacturing industry, but that growth’s been focused on exports. Thanks to its huge trade surplus, the Chinese government has been able to subsidize its domestic manufacturers, but they’re now suffering along with their German, Japanese and American peers. But what if Chinese leaders turned to stimulating domestic demand for solar PV instead?
