Central & East Asia

The European Commission has initiated an anti-subsidy investigation into imports of solar glass from China.

The European Commission’s (EC) investigation into alleged dumping and illegal subsidisation of Chinese solar products could be set for a peaceful resolution according to the UK Solar Trade Association’s PV specialist, Ray Noble.

The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has announced a tariff of Rs. 6.49/kWh (US$0.120) for its 1GW tender issued in January.

New solar joint venture SF Solar Power has unveiled plans to install an 11.6MW PV plant at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan.

The addition of a manufacturing equipment acquired from Schott Solar will augment India-based Surana Ventures’ revenue by 50 to 80% claims its managing director.

Chinese PV manufacturer ReneSola has agreed a deal to supply 44MW of its modules to German EPC company Enerparc.

Japan added 1,394MW in clean energy capacity between 1 April 2012 and 31 January 2013, of which solar PV accounted for 1,329MW.

China is looking to diffuse tensions with Europe over the trade case launched against its manufacturers claimed to be dumping modules on the European market.

Importers of Chinese cells into the US may be evading anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD), according to the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM).

The European solar industry is split over whether the European Commission should impose trade duties on Chinese module manufacturers.