Below is the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA’s) statement on Congress’ decision to leave the an extension of the 1603 Treasury program out of the payroll tax bill, a decision I think every poll on solar energy shows most Americans would oppose. Truthfully, I’m too sad to comment much … [continued]
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.
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]
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.
2011 US solar power installations soared to a record, growing 140% year-over-year in Q3, and even greater gains are expected in Q4. Yet the US solar power industry, along with its counterparts in Germany and China, is in turmoil as supply-demand imbalances driven by slanted government policies on trade, investment, foreign exchange and clean energy production and usage push an increasing number of growing businesses to, and beyond the brink of financial solvency.
Not the kind of breaking news you want to share, but sometimes it’s necessary. The House of Representatives are looking to cut billions of dollars in loan guarantees for solar projects according to documents released this weekend. Of course, with solar being a leading job-creation category (per dollar invested), the … [continued]
This infograph below was created by our previous parent company, One Block Off the Grid Group Solar, a couple weeks ago. If you haven’t seen it yet, I think it is definitely worth a look. [Note: We are not affiliated with 1BOG in any way now, but we do … [continued]
According to IMS Research, global solar photovoltaic modules shipments are likely to exceed to 16 GW this year up from an earlier estimate of 14.6 GW. While Europe would continue to be the leader in solar PV capacity addition, new and developing markets would also see rapid growth. With more than 8 … [continued]
Tata Power, a subsidiary of the famous Tata Group, is planning to set up India’s largest solar PV power plant with a generation capacity of 50 MW. The company will set up this plant in Mithapur, Gujarat. [social_buttons] Tata Power is working on several projects to expand its generation capacity and even … [continued]
