PV Tech Premium spoke with the Clean Energy Associates at this month's Intersolar regarding their traceability protocol, what it expects from ongoing legal battles in the US and the problem with European module procurement.
US engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors have shed light on the current challenges they face when sourcing solar modules as the country’s Department of Commerce (DOC) continues a circumvention investigation that could potentially lead to retroactive tariffs of up to 250%.
Indian investigator recommends EVA sheet anti-dumping duties, ReNew Power secures up to $$350 Million financing from OPIC, Sungrow hits 3GW of shipments in India, MNRE approves funding for clean energy R&D, Tata Power Solar launches residential rooftop solution at Guwahati, Assam.
India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended an anti-dumping duty of $US114.58/MT for a period of five years on imports of solar glass from Malaysia.
With Europe to end the Minimum Import Prices (MIPs) on Chinese imports of solar cells and modules today, following a European Commission announcement late last week, PV Tech gathered initial responses from the industry.
The European Union has officially elected not to extend anti-dumping duties against panels imported from China, with the minimum import price now ceasing to exist from midnight Monday 3 September 2018.
The majority of member states have reportedly stuck to their original position in March 2017 calling for the trade measures to run out as soon as possible.
India's DGAD has set an oral hearing date for its anti-dumping investigation into imports of EVA encapsulant material for solar modules from China, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. DGTR has also published a list of organisations that submitted rejoinders in the recent oral hearing regarding safeguard duty on imports of solar cells and modules
A 200MW solar tender floated by the Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) has been significantly oversubscribed with a total of 845MW of technical bids from 14 players.
India’s unusual tender for 5GW of PV manufacturing capacity linked with 10GW of solar projects has been called many things, ranging from pioneering to fanciful, but the earliest stages have seen some of the global industry’s biggest names toss their hat in the ring.
