On 11 February 2013, Japan and the European Union filed a cross appeal in the dispute against Ontario's domestic content feed-in tariff programme with the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The installation price of residential PV systems in Germany is lower than the price in the US, according to the results of a survey conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Spain’s National Energy Commission (CNE) has announced that electricity generated by solar PV accounted for 1.7% of the country’s energy demand in December 2012.
KiloWattsol, an independent French technical advisor for renewable energy, has introduced a new service whereby it provides PV system owners in Germany, France and Spain with a new monthly solar irradiation report on their PV installation.
Canada has appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that a local content policy within the province of Ontario’s feed-in tariff (FiT) violates global trade rules.
An alliance of solar glass manufacturers, led by Germany-based GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg, has filed an anti-dumping complaint with the European Commission against Chinese competitors.
The French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy has published the feed-in tariffs for PV installations for the last quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013.
Two potentially emerging European markets, Serbia and Croatia are proving important enough for ‘fabless’ PV module supplier, Upsolar to team with a regional partner, Plan-net Solar to support the markets in 2013.
