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]
The EU–China solar trade dilemma continues on… and IHS reports that it will mean a significant drop in EU solar power in 2013. More details via Solar Love: A new report from research group IHS has found that the EU’s anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar products, if implemented, will result in … [continued]
Editor’s note: For years, we’ve been covering the China–US solar trade controversy. For the most part, this has involved covering the reports and commentary from industry associations and politicians. It has taken awhile for any academic institutions to chime in on the matter, but some MIT researchers have now done … [continued]
This article was originally published on Solar Love. Rather than take the course the United States took, EU member states have overwhelmingly voted against imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on solar imports from China. The vote was 18 opposed, 4 in favor, and 5 abstaining. A proposed 47% average anti-dumping duty … [continued]
The ITC panel voted 6-0 in favor of imposing countervailing duties on imports to the US of silicon PV cells and panels from China, bringing to a close solar industry WTO litigation, at least in the US. […]
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. […]
Solar PV trade disputes between China and its main trading partners are escalating, as a group of German solar companies, led by SolarWorld AG, filed a WTO anti-dumping petition with the European Commission. The filing heightens tensions and divisions among industry participants, who have been put under increasing pressure as a result of a massive build-up in solar PV supply and manufacturing capacity, the bulk of which has come from China. […]
