SolarWorld Wins $4 Million US Subsidy Despite Solar Tariff Tiff
Energy Department awards $4 million to SolarWorld, aka the company leading the charge for solar tariffs on subsidized imports from China and Taiwan.
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Top 10 Solar Power Stories Of 2012
What were the top solar power stories of 2012? Here’s my list — chime in below if you think differently or have anything to add. 10. Giant US CSP power plants move along as planned, ready for completion in 2013. While we didn’t see any big CSP power plants … [continued]
Ongoing Sharp Drop in Solar PV Cost Overlooked Amidst Trade Wars & Insolvencies
Solar PV manufacturing and overall costs continue to fall sharply, but that’s being overlooked as the media focuses on solar trade wars, price wars, scandals and insolvencies.
First Solar Launches India Expansion Plan as Trade Tensions Escalate
First Solar’s shifting its strategic focus toward supplying and building thin-film solar power projects in India, as PV cell and panel profit margins continue to be pressured and trade tensions escalate. The Tempe, Arizona thin-film market leader aims to capture 20% of the Indian solar PV market even as critics assert that US government export finance banks are providing low-interest loans to Indian solar power project developers that violate WTO rules on international trade. […]
