Solar firms eye options in emerging markets
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Solar firms eye options in emerging markets

China Daily  

An employee works at a solar panel production facility in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in May. LI ZHIPENG/XINHUA Chinese solar companies are turning their attention to emerging markets in Indonesia and the Middle East as the United States intensifies trade restrictions on imported photovoltaic products from various regions, analysts said. In early December, the US made a preliminary decision to impose antidumping tariffs of up to 271 percent on solar products from four Southeast Asian countries — Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam — where many Chinese solar firms had already established production capacities. Regarding the heightened US tariffs on silicon wafers and polysilicon from China, Tan said the limited US silicon wafer manufacturing capacity and negligible existing crystalline silicon cell manufacturing capacity indicate that increased US tariffs may have minimal impact on the Chinese solar sector. "Despite significant subsidy support from the US Inflation Reduction Act, and the country's trade protections, its establishment of silicon wafer and polysilicon manufacturing facilities still faces challenges, and the current focus of US solar product manufacturing remains on module manufacturing," Tan added.

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Solar cell-making capacity to multiply fourfold to 47 gw by mid-2027
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Solar cell-making capacity to multiply fourfold to 47 gw by mid-2027

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: The recent government move to extend the approved lists of models and manufacturers to solar cells from June 2026 will accelerate the development of domestic solar cell manufacturing, leading to the domestic capacity more than quadrupling to 43-47 gw by June 2026 from 10 gw in March 2024, but provided timely execution. Average annual demand is expected to be …

US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products
4 weeks, 2 days ago

US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The Biden administration plans to raise tariffs on solar wafers, polysilicon and some tungsten products from China to protect U.S. clean energy businesses. The notice from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said tariffs on Chinese-made solar wafers and polysilicon will rise to 50% and duties on certain tungsten products will increase to 25%, effective on Jan. 1, following …

New solar tariffs to affect US companies
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1 month ago

New solar tariffs to affect US companies

China Daily  

Aerial view of an integrated power generation plant constructed by Shanghai Electric in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in September. The United States' preliminary decision to impose anti-dumping tariffs of up to 271 percent on solar products from four Southeast Asian countries could significantly raise procurement costs for US companies and squeeze profit margins for its downstream businesses, aside from …

New solar tariffs to affect US companies
Trending News
1 month ago

New solar tariffs to affect US companies

China Daily  

By LIU YUKUN | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-10 09:33 Aerial view of an integrated power generation plant constructed by Shanghai Electric in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in September. The United States' preliminary decision to impose anti-dumping tariffs of up to 271 percent on solar products from four Southeast Asian countries could significantly raise procurement costs for US companies …

Tycoon drives India’s push against China’s solar-energy dominance
2 months ago

Tycoon drives India’s push against China’s solar-energy dominance

Live Mint  

AHMEDABAD, India—Gautam Adani, the billionaire founder of one of India’s biggest business conglomerates, lies at the intersection of the country’s clean energy challenge to China. Adani Enterprises, the group’s flagship firm, started manufacturing the wafers and ingots used for making solar-power cells and panels earlier this year, making it India’s first company to do so. But safeguarding the energy supply …

Why China’s solar boom is a bust for its leading players
2 months ago

Why China’s solar boom is a bust for its leading players

Live Mint  

XI’AN, China—This should be a shining moment for Longi, one of the biggest makers of solar-power equipment in the world. Zhong said after those costly lessons, Longi came to realize that to do business in the U.S., it needed to build in the U.S. Last year, it became the 49%-owner of a joint venture called Illuminate USA, with Chicago-based renewable …

Impact of US tariffs on solar firms seen limited
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Impact of US tariffs on solar firms seen limited

China Daily  

Employees work at a solar panel production facility in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, in August. The United States' latest move to raise tariffs on upstream polysilicon and wafers from China is expected to have only a limited impact on China's solar power sector, said analysts and companies. Further control over tariffs on photovoltaic imports could increase the cost of solar projects …

Impact of US tariffs on solar firms seen limited
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Impact of US tariffs on solar firms seen limited

China Daily  

Employees work at a solar panel production facility in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, in August. The United States' latest move to raise tariffs on upstream polysilicon and wafers from China is expected to have only a limited impact on China's solar power sector, said analysts and companies. Further control over tariffs on photovoltaic imports could increase the cost of solar projects …

Trade body: US distorts global solar market, hampers climate change battle
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trade body: US distorts global solar market, hampers climate change battle

China Daily  

The China Photovoltaic Industry Association recently highlighted serious concerns and strong opposition over the US distorting the global solar market by providing excessive subsidies to US companies and imposing high tariffs on imported solar products, hampering international cooperation to battle the looming issue of climate change. "The Inflation Reduction Act, introduced in 2022, offers subsidies of an unprecedented $369 billion …

US blasted for high subsidies to PV sector
3 months, 2 weeks ago

US blasted for high subsidies to PV sector

China Daily  

An aerial photo of the 100 MW tower for the solar power plant project in Cape Town, South Africa, Aug 20, 2024. The China Photovoltaic Industry Association has expressed serious concerns about and strong opposition to the United States' distorting the global solar market by providing excessive subsidies to US companies and imposing high tariffs on imported solar products. Experts …

Trade body: US distorts global solar market, hampers climate change battle
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trade body: US distorts global solar market, hampers climate change battle

China Daily  

By Liu Yukun | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-09-22 21:03 The China Photovoltaic Industry Association recently highlighted serious concerns and strong opposition over the US distorting the global solar market by providing excessive subsidies to US companies and imposing high tariffs on imported solar products, hampering international cooperation to battle the looming issue of climate change. "The Inflation Reduction Act, introduced …

US blasted for high subsidies to PV sector
3 months, 2 weeks ago

US blasted for high subsidies to PV sector

China Daily  

An aerial photo of the 100 MW tower for the solar power plant project in Cape Town, South Africa, Aug 20, 2024. The China Photovoltaic Industry Association has expressed serious concerns about and strong opposition to the United States' distorting the global solar market by providing excessive subsidies to US companies and imposing high tariffs on imported solar products. Experts …

Trade body: US distorts global solar market, hampers climate change battle
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trade body: US distorts global solar market, hampers climate change battle

China Daily  

The China Photovoltaic Industry Association recently highlighted serious concerns and strong opposition over the US distorting the global solar market by providing excessive subsidies to US companies and imposing high tariffs on imported solar products, hampering international cooperation to battle the looming issue of climate change. "The Inflation Reduction Act, introduced in 2022, offers subsidies of an unprecedented $369 billion …

Factory deal sign of China's US solar reach
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Factory deal sign of China's US solar reach

China Daily  

By MAY ZHOU in Houston | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-08-21 10:42 Trina Solar US has secured $235 million in financing for its planned 1.35 million-square-foot solar plant in Wilmer, a small city about 15 miles south of downtown Dallas in Texas. "We were thrilled to bring together this group of leaders and community members to celebrate our commitment to the …

Domestic support, diversified overseas strategies underlined for PV industry
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Domestic support, diversified overseas strategies underlined for PV industry

China Daily  

Technicians check photovoltaic boards at a solar power station in Yangquan, Shanxi province, on Tuesday. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Asia surpassed Europe as the largest export market for Chinese solar products in the first half of this year, the China Photovoltaic Industry Association said on Thursday. "In the first six months, major global photovoltaic markets such as the United States, Europe, …

US policy sabotages its solar ambitions: China Daily editorial
5 months, 2 weeks ago

US policy sabotages its solar ambitions: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Reshoring industries that had left the United States while suppressing their Chinese competitors is a key component of the Joe Biden administration’s supply chain reshuffling efforts. On July 17 local time, SunPower, a leading residential solar installer in the US, announced it would suspend multiple core businesses. And those factors boil down to one simple truth — the US approach …

Rising domestic solar cell production will curb imports from China
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Rising domestic solar cell production will curb imports from China

Hindustan Times  

India expects a surge in domestic solar cell-making capacity in the coming months, which will help reduce its dependence on imported materials from China to manufacture solar panels, the country’s top renewable energy official said. A private security guard walks between rows of photovoltaic solar panels inside a solar power plant at Raisan village near Gandhinagar, Gujarat The nation’s cells …

Case made to welcome Chinese solar products
7 months ago

Case made to welcome Chinese solar products

China Daily  

By HENG WEILI in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-06-07 11:11 Employees check solar panel products at a tech company in Zhangye, Gansu province. Biden contended last month that the low cost of China's solar panels are a result of "policy-driven overcapacity" in manufacturing, "flooding global markets with artificially cheap solar modules and panels". Fickling said that Chinese clean …

The solar breakthrough that could help the US compete With China
7 months, 1 week ago

The solar breakthrough that could help the US compete With China

Live Mint  

The biggest investor in U.S. solar manufacturing is embracing a new technology that reduces the cost of producing the panels, potentially bolstering efforts to build a supply chain outside of China for an industry crucial to the energy transition. Hanwha’s Qcells unit, one of the biggest solar-panel makers outside China, is building a multibillion-dollar solar supply chain in Georgia. Qcells …

Biden Seeks to Bolster Solar Manufacturers With Tax and Trade Moves
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden Seeks to Bolster Solar Manufacturers With Tax and Trade Moves

Live Mint  

The Biden administration is initiating a suite of policies it says will help foster a deeper domestic supply chain for solar panels, following pleas from US manufacturers confronting a surge of tariff-free imports. The effort presents a response to more than a year of appeals from solar companies that said tariff exemptions, an uptick in cheap foreign panel imports and …

Chinese business community strongly criticizes new tariffs
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese business community strongly criticizes new tariffs

China Daily  

Employees check solar panel products at a tech company in Zhangye, Gansu province. WANG JIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY The Chinese business community strongly opposes the United States' latest decision to increase tariffs on Chinese imports, calling on the US to promptly cancel the additional tariffs, said the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in a statement on Wednesday. On …

US announces steep tariffs on China-made EVs, solar cells: Biden's self-contradictions and USA's hypocrisy over trade and self-interest
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US announces steep tariffs on China-made EVs, solar cells: Biden's self-contradictions and USA's hypocrisy over trade and self-interest

Op India  

On the 14th of May, the Biden administration in the United States imposed new tariffs on Chinese imports as its fresh move in the ongoing trade war. President Biden said that he is “announcing new tariffs in key sectors of the economy that are going to ensure that our workers are not held back by unfair trade practices.” In an …

New US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells could raise consumer prices
7 months, 3 weeks ago

New US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells could raise consumer prices

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — New tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and batteries, solar cells, medical equipment and other goods are intended to protect U.S. jobs and manufacturers. “A 100% tariff rate on EVs will protect American manufacturers from China’s unfair trade practices,″ the White House said in a statement. Ford didn’t immediately respond to a question about battery tariffs but said in …

One French company’s lonely struggle to survive fierce competition from China
8 months, 3 weeks ago

One French company’s lonely struggle to survive fierce competition from China

Live Mint  

PARIS—French solar-panel company Photowatt once powered Europe’s ambition to become a renewables manufacturing giant, one that would provide the technology to help achieve the continent’s far-reaching climate goals. Yellen said the Biden administration was determined to prevent a repeat of the wave of China imports 15 years ago that drove U.S. solar panel producers and other manufacturers out of business.“It …

The ‘import restrictions’ on solar PV cells | Explained
9 months ago

The ‘import restrictions’ on solar PV cells | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Recent government orders on attempts to increase local sourcing of solar modules to support India’s renewables manufacturing ecosystem has been widely reported in the media as ‘import restrictions’. India’s domestic renewables sector, at the time, was unlikely to meet the spike in demand for solar power production equipment at rates offered by Chinese manufacturers. According to …

How China captured the sun – and cast a shadow over Europe
9 months, 2 weeks ago

How China captured the sun – and cast a shadow over Europe

The Telegraph  

Europe’s ambitious plans to expand green energy generation with “Made in EU” solar panels face a distinctly cloudy future as the continent faces a massive glut of the devices. The European Solar Manufacturing Council has warned of a looming “wave of bankruptcies” including Dutch panel producer Exasun and Austrian module manufacturer Energetic. ESMC secretary general Johan Lindahl has appealed for …

Longi layoffs: World's largest solar manufacturer letting go 5% of employees
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Longi layoffs: World's largest solar manufacturer letting go 5% of employees

Hindustan Times  

China's Longi Green Technology Energy, world's largest solar manufacturer, said that it will lay off about 5% of its employees. In order to adapt to market changes and improve organizational efficiency, the company is optimising our workforce.” Longi layoffs: Longi clarified that online information and reports about the company's plans to lay off 30% of its employees are all false. …

World’s largest solar company cuts thousands of jobs as prices tumble
9 months, 3 weeks ago

World’s largest solar company cuts thousands of jobs as prices tumble

The Telegraph  

The world’s largest solar panel manufacturer is set to slash its workforce by almost a third as the industry struggles with oversupply and cut-throat competition. Chinese giant Longi Green Technology Energy reportedly plans to cut staff numbers by up to 30pc, in an expansion of lay-offs that began four months ago. It comes amid wider redundancies across China’s solar industry …

Success in solar energy may be a curse for Chinese panel manufacturers
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Success in solar energy may be a curse for Chinese panel manufacturers

Live Mint  

Ever since photovoltaic cells started popping up on pocket calculators and building roofs a few decades ago, solar power has faced a key drawback: It’s a nice technology, but there’s simply not enough of it to make a difference. Beijing should introduce bidding rules to prevent low-quality, below-cost products being put onto the market, Zhong Baoshen, chairman of the biggest …

Stakes couldn't be higher
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Stakes couldn't be higher

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY US raising tariffs on Chinese-made solar imports would sacrifice a shared sustainable future for marginal commercial gains today Last month, a bipartisan group of US senators called on President Joe Biden to increase tariffs on Chinese-made solar imports. Imposing solar tariffs risks torpedoing US President Biden's ambition to reach 50 percent clean electricity by 2030, as it …

China's solar companies building factories in US
10 months, 2 weeks ago

China's solar companies building factories in US

China Daily  

A view of a solar power facility in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, in August. Several of China's largest solar power companies are building factories in the United States, aiming to serve the growing US solar market. "Trina's goal in building this facility is to begin to create an ecosystem of American manufacturing that can serve the burgeoning US solar market," Zhu …

Solar protective measures to hurt Sino-EU ties: China Daily editorial
11 months, 1 week ago

Solar protective measures to hurt Sino-EU ties: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

The European Union is reportedly planning emergency support measures, including an antidumping probe, for Europe's solar panel manufacturing industry to counter what it considers a flood of cheap Chinese imports. China now holds a pivotal position in the global solar energy supply chain, producing more than 90 percent of the silicon wafers that go into solar panels and more than …

LONGi expands green footprint with JV in US
1 year, 7 months ago

LONGi expands green footprint with JV in US

China Daily  

A LONGi employee works at a PV panel production line in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, in December. TANG DEHONG/FOR CHINA DAILY LONGi Green Energy Technology, a Chinese photovoltaics company, said its 5-gigawatt solar panel production facility in Ohio, the United States, is expected to be put into operation by the end of this year. An analyst said the facility will help …

Solar panels on rooftops in China could double the world’s capacity
1 year, 10 months ago

Solar panels on rooftops in China could double the world’s capacity

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rooftops and buildings in China fitted with solar panels could match the current …

Korean firm plans $2.5B in new solar panel plants in Georgia
1 year, 11 months ago

Korean firm plans $2.5B in new solar panel plants in Georgia

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A South Korean solar panel maker said Wednesday that it will invest more than $2.5 billion to build factories in Georgia in what it says is the largest solar investment in American history. “As demand for clean energy continues to grow nationally, we’re ready to put thousands of people to work creating fully American made and sustainable solar …

Democrats’ Climate Law Is About To Give A Big Boost To U.S. Solar Manufacturing
1 year, 11 months ago

Democrats’ Climate Law Is About To Give A Big Boost To U.S. Solar Manufacturing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The United States invented solar panels. Included in the roughly $370 billion earmarked for industries that will help the U.S. slash its climate-changing emissions was the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act, legislation to boost tax credits for building photovoltaic panels and parts in the United States. Dustin Chambers for The Washington Post via Getty Images Qcells’ …

India-led alliance bats for diverse solar energy market
2 years, 2 months ago

India-led alliance bats for diverse solar energy market

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — For countries to transition away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner energies like solar power, supply chains for components need to be more geographically diverse, officials said during a conference on solar energy in New Delhi said on Tuesday. Launched by India and France at the 2015 Paris climate conference, the ISA aims to promote the use …

US solar companies weigh challenge to Biden pause on tariffs
2 years, 7 months ago

US solar companies weigh challenge to Biden pause on tariffs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. solar manufacturers say they are considering legal challenges after President Joe Biden declared a two-year pause for tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asia. But some domestic producers, including a California company that filed a complaint with Commerce about unfair competition from Chinese imports, said Biden’s actions would help China’s state-subsidized solar companies at the expense of …

Commerce inquiry imperils solar industry, advocates say
2 years, 9 months ago

Commerce inquiry imperils solar industry, advocates say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a decision that could dramatically undercut President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate goals, the Commerce Department said Monday it is investigating whether imports of solar panels from Southeast Asia are circumventing anti-dumping rules that limit imports from China. The Commerce Department decision “signals that the Biden administration’s talk of supporting solar energy is empty rhetoric,’' said Heather Zichal, …

Domestic solar equipment makers flag low capacity utilisation, seek government intervention
2 years, 9 months ago

Domestic solar equipment makers flag low capacity utilisation, seek government intervention

The Hindu  

The All India Solar Industries Association has urged the government to intervene amid concerns that solar equipment manufacturing units were operating at 30% capacity due to massive imports by traders from China. In a letter to Power Minister R.K. Singh, the representative association for domestic solar equipment makers said: “Having been hopeful of revival for the last decade and survived …

US blocks solar panel materials from China over labor abuses
3 years, 6 months ago

US blocks solar panel materials from China over labor abuses

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Chinese company that produces a key ingredient in solar panels will be barred from the U.S. market as part of a broader effort to halt commerce tied to the country’s repressive campaign against Uyghurs and other minorities, the Biden administration said Thursday. It also reflects an escalation of efforts to use economic leverage to pressure China over …

US bans imports of solar panel material from Chinese company
3 years, 6 months ago

US bans imports of solar panel material from Chinese company

Live Mint  

The Biden administration on Wednesday ordered a ban on U.S. imports of a key solar panel material from Chinese-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co over forced labor allegations, two sources briefed on the matter said. The three other companies added to the U.S. economic blacklist include Xinjiang Daqo New Energy Co, a unit of Daqo New Energy Corp; Xinjiang East Hope …

Biden’s solar ambitions collide with China labor complaints
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden’s solar ambitions collide with China labor complaints

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced by forced labor. The biggest manufacturers all use raw materials from Xinjiang and have a “high risk of forced labor in their supply chains,” according to a May 14 report by researchers Laura T. Murphy and …

The dark side of India’s solar gamble
3 years, 9 months ago

The dark side of India’s solar gamble

Live Mint  

SINGAPORE/CHENNAI : In December, news reports indicated that the ministry of new and renewable energy had proposed a 20% basic customs duty on solar module and cell imports. According to a 2017 World Intellectual Property Organisation working paper, China’s share of global manufacturing capacity in the different segments of solar energy generation was 81% in ingots, 84% in wafers, 66% …

Solar power firms rush to complete projects before duty hike
3 years, 9 months ago

Solar power firms rush to complete projects before duty hike

Live Mint  

Solar power producers are staring at a sharp escalation in costs of projects under construction if they fail to complete them before the government imposes a basic customs duty on imported solar photovoltaic cells and modules from next year. Power producers will, however, be forced to rush to finish projects within deadlines with imported equipment to keep costs under control …

Govt mulls 20% customs duty on solar power equipment to cut imports: Thakur
4 years, 5 months ago

Govt mulls 20% customs duty on solar power equipment to cut imports: Thakur

Live Mint  

The government is considering a proposal by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to impose 20% basic customs duty on solar modules to provide an edge to domestic manufacturers and discourage imports, particularly from China, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said on Thursday. India imported solar power equipment worth USD 1.2 billion during April-December 2019, he said. …

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