The USA China scenario USA and China have been fighting a big solar trade war since last year, even though the solar product trade continues briskly between the two countries. The Chinese solar industry has virtually captured the entire solar industry in the last 6 years through massive government support which has enabled the Chinese […]
Chinese Government to Restrict the Chinese Solar Industry The Chinese government is set to issue a blanket stop on all PV capacity increase due to the massive overcapacity plaguing the whole industry. Easy loans, land and government support had led to a huge over-investment in the solar panel industry. Hundreds of small solar panel companies […]
Now Indian Government companies to build a Solar Plant in Rajasthan Major Indian government owned companies such as BHEL, Hindustan Salt etc. have come together to plan a massive 4000 MW plant in the desert state of Rajasthan on 23,000 acres of land. The plant will be connected to the national grid and 1000 MW […]
The Indian Solar Industry in a Dire state The Indian solar industry has been clamoring for AD duties on cheap solar panel imports for a long time, however nothing has come out of its except an ongoing investigation. Even as the USA and Europe have imposed quotas and duties on Chinese imports, India continues to […]
Czech Solar Developers Accused The Czech Republic has witnessed the biggest solar boom in the world relative to its economy. The country saw a huge increase in solar installations in 2010 and 2011 as the government gave a generous electricity feed in tariff for solar power generation. This led to almost 2-3 GW of solar […]
Subsidies and Low Labor cost not the reason for Chinese Solar Competitiveness NREL and MIT don’t think that low wage costs and generous subsidies are driving the Chinese advantage in solar panel manufacturing. They think that the massive scale of Chinese silicon panel factories is the main reason for their competitiveness. NREL thinks that the […]