The focus of Part II of this series was to begin to establish what, exactly, is legal and what’s illegal when it comes to subsidies and manufacturing in the context of international trade law and CASM’s international trade petitions against China. That continues here in Part III, in which some of … [continued]
Trade tensions with China continue to escalate, and the renewable energy sector is a focal point. On Jan. 20, the Commerce Dept. announced that it’s opening an investigation into claims made by the US-based Wind Tower Trade Coalition, a group of four manufacturers, that Chinese utility-scale wind tower manufacturers operating … [continued]
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing’s (CASM) filing of complaints with the US ITC and Dept. of Commerce has generated a maelstrom of debate and public relations activity that’s divided the US solar power industry and rippled out far wider than the confines of the US’ emerging solar power industry, and justifiably so. Clean Technica interviewed the Wiley, Rein partner in charge of representing SolarWorld Industries America and CASM’s in its anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions.
866-MW of newly installed, grid-connected offshore wind energy capacity worth some 2.4 billion euros came online across the EU in 2011. Projects under construction will increase that by 62%, making further headway toward achieving the industry association’s target of having offshore wind meet 4% of EU electricity demand by 2020.
When President Obama put the seal of doom on a construction permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, supporters of his decision were quick to point out that the pipeline will not create a significant number of permanent jobs, and that the President already has initiatives in place that create far … [continued]
San Diego-based enXco has purchased Cielo Wind Energy’s 161-MW Spinning Spur Wind Ranch project. Producing enough clean, renewable energy to supply more than 54,000 households, enXco, Cielo – which will manage construction of the project – and North Dakota contractor Wanzek Construction plan an accelerated construction schedule in order to qualify for a federal wind energy production tax credit due to expire at year-end.
The US Dept. of Energy today released two groundbreaking information resources on national hydro, wave and tidal energy resources. According to the reports – the most comprehensive of their kind to date – these water power resources, if developed, could supply 1/3 of total US electricity demand by 2030.
A new study from Synapse Energy Economics finds that the Clean Energy Opportunity Act (HB 167) introduced by Kentucky Representative Mary Lou Marzian could create over 28,000 jobs (net) in the state over 10 years. Not only that, it’s also projected to keep electric bills lower. Furthermore, it would likely increase Kentucky’s … [continued]
Obama’s energy initiatives create 68,000 compared to the Keystone XL’s ~6,000 (or fewer). “Two of the Obama administration’s clean energy initiatives are poised to create more than 68,000 jobs, and even more temporary jobs, over the next few years,” Think Progress Green writes. Both initiatives — which include the … [continued]
2012 may well shape up as a pivotal year for CIGS thin film solar PV technology. Japan’s Solar Frontier, the world’s largest manufacturer of thin-film CIGS solar PV modules, has closed a deal to supply EDF Energies Nouvelles’ enXco with as much as 150-MWp of CIGS modules for use in the latter’s 100+ MW Catalina Solar Project in Kern County, California.
