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Dumping Solar: Study Sheds Light on Solar PV Trade Flows, US-China Manufacturing

February 12, 201214 years proteus 14 Comments

Research and analysis of solar PV manufacturing costs and international trade flows shows that Chinese silicon solar PV manufacturers have only a slight cost advantage on their US counterparts, and that excludes transportation costs, the effect of inflation rate differentials and other factors.
Furthermore, the extraordinary rise in Chinese exports of silicon solar PV cells and panels to the US could only be sustained with the support of massive government subsidies.

US Stands to Lose up to 60,000 Solar Industry Jobs Should Tariffs on Chinese Silicon…

January 30, 201215 years proteus 5 Comments

As many as 60,000 American solar industry jobs would be lost over the next three years should a 100% tariff be imposed on Chinese silicon PV imports, according to the results of a Brattle Group study commissioned by CASE, the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy.

Clean Links: Solar for Agriculture, New Solar Inverters, Chinese Solar Companies Flooding U.S. Market, Big…

January 26, 201215 years Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Some more cleantech stories of the day:

Dumping Solar: The Case for CASE, Solar Growth and China’s Subsidies

January 26, 201215 years proteus 7 Comments

International trade tensions are rising and taking on increasing significance and urgency all the way up to national and international policy levels, as illustrated by Pres. Obama announcing the creation of an international trade investigations task force in his State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Clean Technica interviewed a senior solar energy industry executive and board member of the Coalition of Affordable Solar (CASE) to better understand its opposition to international trade petitions filed against China’s subsidizing and export of silicon solar PV cells and modules currently under investigation by the Commerce Dept. and International Trade Commission.

Dumping Solar: CASM’s Case Against Chinese Subsidies & Manufacturers, Pt. III

January 22, 201215 years proteus 1 Comment

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]

Dumping Solar: CASM’s Case Against Chinese Manufacturers & Subsidies, Pt. II

January 22, 201215 years proteus 2 Comments

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]

US-China SolarTrade Dispute: The Case for CASM and US Manufacturing

January 20, 201215 years proteus 1 Comment

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.

China’s Solar PV Players Ramp Up Overseas Investments

January 5, 201215 years proteus 1 Comment

China’s solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers aren’t waiting around for US decisions on China improperly subsidizing the industry and claims that Chinese manufacturers are dumping product in the US; they’re shifting investments overseas. China’s TFG Radiant Group announced it’s increasing its equity stake in Colorado flexible thin-film solar PV manufacturer Ascent Solar, while LDK Solar announced its increasing its stake and launching a public takeover offer for all the shares of German silicon solar PV producer Sunways AG.