According to a new report released by Brussels-based wind industry lobby group Global Wind Energy Council, the global wind energy market rose a total of 6% in 2011, up to 41 gigawatts per year from last year’s 38.8 gigawatts. Most notably, the report’s handily colored charts and graphs highlight that China was the clear leader in [...]
Archive for the ‘China’ Category
21 Dec
Competition Over Solar Panel Costs Sparks Escalating Energy War
The Obama Administration has always been vocal about its support for renewable energy and, even in the wake of the Solyndra debacle earlier this year, are moving forward with new solar and wind projects on both coasts that would help push the U.S. to the forefront of the green energy movement. Or so it would [...]
27 Oct
We like cheap goods! No, wait, we hate cheap goods!
SolarWorld Industries America Inc., represented by law firm Wiley Rein, has filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC), requesting antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into imports of solar cells from China. Specifically, the petitions claim that Chinese manufacturers of solar products are “illegally dumping crystalline silicon solar cells [...]
25 Mar
DOE Seeks Input on Rare Earth Metals Strategy
Earlier this week the Department of Energy announced that it is seeking comments from the public on rare earth metals used in the energy sector. The Request for Information solicits feedback from “industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to demand, supply chain structure, financing, R&D, energy technology transitions and [...]
9 Sep
United Steelworkers file complaint against China
The United Steelworkers (USW) union today filed a case against renewable- energy products from China. According to the USW, “[t]he case alleges that China has utilized hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies, performance requirements, preferential practices and other trade-illegal activities to advance its domination of the sector.” The complaint was filed with the U.S. [...]
