The European Union is preparing to investigate the imports of mobile networking gear from China for anti-competitive practices, a move that's likely targeted at telecommunications equipment companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE. China has ...
The STA is very disappointed that the European Commission has proposed provisional duties on Chinese imported solar panels of between 37% and 67% [1]. The STA opposes the imposition of any duties which restrict free trade and the growth of ...
Tags: STA, Free Trade, Climate Change
Germany-based PV inverter firm SMA has revealed its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. In the first quarter of 2013, SMA Solar Technology AG sold PV inverters with an output of 1.2GW, lower compared to 1.9GW reported in the ...
Tags: SMA Technology, Lighting
A tanker carrying around 10,000 mt (12,680 cu m) of ethanol loading in the west coast of Central America is due for arrival in the European ports of Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp by late May, according to a shipping report by broker SPI ...
Tags: Ethanol Shipment, Chemicals
According to the European solar manufacturers' initiative EU ProSun, Chinese dumping has already cost thousands of jobs in Europe. Only in the production of solar modules some 15,000 jobs have been lost since 2011, as well as thousands of ...
Tags: EU ProSun, Construction
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) expects its solar business to reach breakeven and may obtain profits in the second quarter as market conditions have been improving. Doris Hsu, president of SAS, stated that since ...
Tags: SAS, Solar Business
The trade war in the solar market does not seem to be stopping. Following the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariff levied on China-based firms from the US, the EU is likely to follow suit with a tariff rate above 30%. If this tariff comes ...
According to the announcement released by Chinese Ministry of Commerce today, China starts to launch an anti-dumping investigation into seamless alloy steel pipes imported from Europe, Japan & America. Chinese domestic industry launches ...
Due to rising capacity utilization rates and rising solar cell prices in the first quarter of 2013, Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech saw gross margin rise to negative 8% from negative 15.7% in the fourth quarter of 2012. According to ...
The merger of Taiwan-based solar cell makers Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar, a solar subsidiary of Delta Electronics, will be completed on May 31, 2013, said Quincy Lin, chairman and CSO of NSP. Lin added that the merger occurred at a ...
Another anti-subsidy investigation in the solar energy sector has been officially opened by the European Commission (EC). The investigation will look into imports of solar glass from China to the EU. Image Credit: Solar Glass via ...
Tags: EU, Solar Glass
Solar demand in major markets in Europe continues to grow steadily as governments lower incentives. In the first quarter of 2013, total new solar installations in Germany, Italy, and the UK reached 2GW, accounting for 30% of global new ...
Tags: Solar
The profitability of turning corn crops into ethanol in Europe surged to seven-month highs this week following a jump in the spot price of the biofuel, according to data compiled by Platts. The corn-to-ethanol crush margin, an indication ...
Tags: Crush Margin, Chemicals
China's JA Solar and Singapore-based Flextronics achieved the fastest growth among the top 10 producers of solar modules in 2012, as the two companies cashed in on the soaring demand for contract manufacturing in the solar value chain. JA ...
Tags: JA Solar, Solar Module, Lighting
Reflecting a major shift in the global solar market after four years of severe erosion, prices for solar modules in the key Europe market are rising due to number of factors, including the newly restored balance between supply and demand. ...
Tags: Solar Module Prices, Solar Module, Lighting