Expanded Shanghai Free Trade Zone Will Include Tesla Gigafactory 3
In response to the ongoing trade war with the US, China has decided to double the size of the Free Trade Zone south of Shanghai to attract more foreign investment.
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China Will Implement Trade Agreement “Immediately.” What Does That Mean For Tesla & Gigafactory 3?
A Chinese official says the agreement reached at the G20 conference last week between China and the US will be implemented “immediately.” What does that mean for the tariffs on Tesla automobiles exported to China? We simply don’t know yet.
US Cuts Duty Tariffs On Taiwanese Solar Cells & Modules
The US Department of Commerce has decided to back off its previously rather harsh “anti-dumping” duties for solar products made in Taiwan, according to recent reports. Humorously, the readjustment is supposedly because the previous levels were due to a “ministerial error” and this is simply a “correction.” Not sure that … [continued]
Thin-Film Solar Panels Surge To 11-Month High Thanks To US-China Trade War
Actions always have consequences — as the ripple effects of the US Department of Commerce’s recent move to close a loophole allowing Chinese-made solar modules to circumvent current anti-dumping duties are now showing. Thanks to the growing trade dispute between the US and China over this action, thin-film solar panel … [continued]
Vestas’ Wind Tower Factory Sale: The Shape of Things to Come in Wind, Solar Manufacturing?
Vestas’ sale of its Varda wind tower factory to China’s Titan Wind Energy is to save Danish green jobs and confer numerous benefits for both companies. It’s also clear evidence of the effectiveness and success of China’s industrial policy drive to dominate wind and solar PV manufacturing worldwide, one that’s “hollowing out” U.S. and E.U. manufacturing well before they’ve had the chance to mature. […]
Preliminary Victory for U.S. Wind Turbine Tower Manufacturers in China Trade Case
The Commerce Dept. preliminarily affirmed a decision to impose countervailing duties on Chinese imports, the second such ruling in two weeks.
US-China Relations, Solar Energy & Trade: Radical Rethink, Restructuring Required
A “race to the top” or a “race to the bottom”? China-US ties have reached a a pivotal point as China’s economy has rapidly grown to be one of the largest in the world. The US-China solar energy trade dispute highlights inherent tensions, which have profound implications in terms of climate change, as well for energy, food and national security .
Milwaukee Solar PV Manufacturer Comes Out Publicly in Support of CASM Trade Case Against China
Demand was initially brisk for the high-end monocrystalline silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) panels manufactured by Helios Solar Works at a new, highly automated 50-MW capacity factory on a brownfield industrial site Milwaukee’s city leaders designated for redevelopment and growth. That is until last summer, when founder Steven Ostrenga began noting “a deep dive in [solar panel] pricing coming out of China that we just couldn’t meet.”
China is Not a Problem, But a Help (When It Comes to Our Solar Power…
Arno Harris of Recurrent Energy has a great post up on National Geographic’s The Greet Energy Challenge that I think anyone interested in clean energy policy should read. Here’s the intro:
