Like semi trucks, construction equipment is all about dollars and business sense. While there are certainly entities who will want to stick with the equipment they’ve been using for decades, they won’t be able to compete in the market if the competition adopts better and/or cheaper equipment. If staying with … [continued]
CASE is calling its new machine “Project Zeus,” and it’s the industry’s first electric backhoe loader. And, according to CASE, it offers levels of power and performance that are equivalent to similarly sized, diesel-engined backhoes in the market while producing zero “tailpipe” emissions. Even better: it does all that at a fraction of the operating costs of the ICE options.
The Volkswagen Group has signed the initial letters of intent with the FAW Group and the Connected Vehicles Research Institute during a visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Berlin.
The US Department of Commerce is investigating imposing softened tariffs on Chinese solar imports, only a few weeks after announcing tariffs that would have slapped fees of between 31% and 250%. The news has been welcomed by those within in the industry, with the Coalition for Affordable Energy (CASE) calling … [continued]
According to Jigar Shah, anti-dumping duties and tariffs invite retaliation, and escalate a global trade war which benefits no one in the solar industry.
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]
In recent media coverage of the US–China solar trade petition, there has been an uptick in predictions that all parties are headed toward a negotiated settlement. I hear these sentiments echoed in my conversations with solar companies who are choosing to wait and see how the SolarWorld petition plays out rather than speak … [continued]
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. […]
Germany’s once world-leading solar industry is taking it on the chin due to cheap Chinese imports and subsidy cuts. Trade tensions are rising, as German solar companies hit the insolvency wall and Chinese companies gobble up productive assets on the cheap. […]
