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WoodMac: Lifting US Import Tariffs Would Knock 30 Percent Off Solar System Prices

Solar panels imported into the U.S. are significantly more expensive than those sold into the EU and Australia, WoodMac says. Solar system prices dropped 90 percent over the last nine years, but the decline was tempered by American trade tariffs, leaving U.S. prices 45 percent above those in Europe and Australia, according to new research […]

Gensol Engineering appoints Kapil Nirmal as CEO of West Asia business -EQ

Trump Administration Lowers Import Tariffs on Chinese Batteries

The drop from 15 percent to 7.5 percent will improve project economics, but uncertainty lingers. The White House halved import tariffs on batteries manufactured in China as part of the larger trade deal signed this week. The tariff on batteries, just part of $300 billion in Chinese goods targeted by the White House last year, […]

Central America’s Solar Revolution and the Rooftop Revolution in the U.S. -EQ

Whiplash: Bifacial Solar Modules to Retain US Tariff Exemption

In a win for project developers, a court blocked the Trump administration from withdrawing a tariff exemption for imported bifacial solar modules. A court has blocked the Trump administration’s decision in October to take away the tariff exemptions it granted bifacial solar modules earlier this year, offering a reprieve for U.S. solar developers — and […]

Gensol Engineering appoints Kapil Nirmal as CEO of West Asia business -EQ

China Solar Giant Sees Booming Growth Despite U.S. Panel Tariffs

Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. One of the world’s largest solar-panel manufacturers sees booming growth in the U.S. even if President Donald Trump doesn’t lower tariffs next year. China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co. Chief Financial Officer Charlie Cao expects U.S. demand for its […]

Gensol Engineering appoints Kapil Nirmal as CEO of West Asia business -EQ

Return to growth: Given the mismatch between tariffs and risks, few new renewable IPPs being created

Power tariffs had declined significantly in 2016-17, ensuring price competitiveness. However, since then, RE sector risks have increased. Chhatrasal in a remarked that ‘The renewables sector in India is near-death. Capacity addition has markedly slowed down in this financial year. Few projects are achieving financial closure, and so, few projects are getting complete.’ (bit.ly/34I1JQr, FE, […]

Adani Green Energy commissions 180 MW solar power project at Jaisalmer -EQ

US Trade Court Sides With Longi, Jinko, REC in Solar Patent Infringement Case

A trade squabble between Hanwha Q Cells and some of the world’s largest PV manufacturers appears to be resolved in the all-important U.S. market. Longi Solar, JinkoSolar and REC Group appear to have emerged victorious from a legal attempt to shut the manufacturers out of the U.S. market. In a complaint filed in March, Hanwha […]

Gensol Engineering appoints Kapil Nirmal as CEO of West Asia business -EQ

Court Temporarily Halts Trump Administration’s U-Turn on Bifacial Solar Modules

The bifacial solar module exemption lives to fight another day in a provisional win for developers like Invenergy. A bid from renewables developer Invenergy to temporarily pause the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to reimpose tariffs on bifacial solar panels has been granted. The Trump administration granted bifacial panels an exemption from the broader U.S. solar […]

Gensol Engineering appoints Kapil Nirmal as CEO of West Asia business -EQ

Trump Gets Manufacturing Win as Hanwha Q Cells Opens US Solar Factory

The country’s largest solar production facility officially opens Friday in Georgia, with the Trump administration expected to be in attendance. A representative of the Trump administration and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will converge on Dalton, Georgia on Friday to celebrate a U.S. manufacturing win, as Hanwha Q Cells officially opens its solar module manufacturing facility […]

Central America’s Solar Revolution and the Rooftop Revolution in the U.S. -EQ

No hike in electricity tariffs in Delhi for fifth consecutive year: Kejriwal

The chief minister further said Delhi had the lowest power tariffs in the country and the only place with 24×7 electricity. New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that there has been no hike in electricity tariffs in the national capital for the fifth consecutive year after power regulator DERC announced significant […]

Gensol Engineering appoints Kapil Nirmal as CEO of West Asia business -EQ

US Wind Boom Faces New Threat From Proposed Tower Tariffs

A push for new import tariffs on wind turbine towers could put some projects underwater as the PTC phases down, according to a Wood Mackenzie analysis. There’s never a good time for import tariffs when it comes to keeping costs down for renewables projects. But for the U.S. wind market, the timing of newly proposed […]

Central America’s Solar Revolution and the Rooftop Revolution in the U.S. -EQ