The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday announced stiff anti-dumping tariffs of around 31 percent on crystalline silicon solar panels imported from China, leading to a new round of concerns on how the duties will impact the growing American solar industry.
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31 Percent Anti-Dumping Tariffs Announced for Chinese Solar Panels
Despite 2011 having been a particularly challenging year for PV cell and module manufacturers, new small-scale module manufacturing facilities continue to be implemented, especially in emerging markets. In some cases, these companies/facilities are either aligned to local government policies or are implemented purely as diversification strategies. Other examples are joint-ventures between private and government entities
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Domestic Module Manufacturing: PV Globalization or Political Vote-Seeking?
Sinking revenues and shrinking policy support may be causing a bit of a haze on the renewable energy horizon, but there’s plenty of sunshine trying to peek through if you look hard enough.
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Five Shining Examples of Renewable Energy Innovation and Investment
Note: An update on the status of this legislation can be found here: Trade-offs Begin – NJ S1925 Update Senators Bob Smith and Stephen Sweeny recently introduced New Jersey Senate Bill 1925. The bill proposes to amend New Jersey’s current solar Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirements in an attempt to help stabilize
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Proposed New Jersey Solar Bill May Not Solve SREC Woes
New capacity also increasingly comes as centralised projects rather than distributed PV — another major structural change for U.S. utilities.
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US Solar Heads East
