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EU member states have passed an 18-month extension of punitive trade duties on imports of Chinese solar products.

The European Commission has approved French plans to develop 2.6GW of small and large-scale solar and 60MW of hydropower.

The Minimum Import Price (MIP) agreement between the EU and Chinese solar manufacturers requires urgent reform as the 3 March extension deadline draws near.

The European Commission has proposed the extension of existing trade duties on Chinese solar products for a further two years.

A group of 22 MEPs have called on the European Commission to end the minimum import price (MIP) agreement and the punitive trade duties currently placed on Chinese cells and modules.

The European Commission has unveiled a package of policy proposals that would transform the continent’s energy market.

Wuxi Suntech the PV module manufacturing arm of renewable energy group, Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) said it had voluntarily withdrawn from the European Union’s ‘Price Undertaking Agreement’ better known as the MIP (Minimum Import Price).

While Europe's solar industry gathered in Brussels to celebrate 100GW of PV deployments, the future grid policy for renewables was under scrutiny.

The European Commission has warned China that it will reassess the future of the minimum import price (MIP) if a pattern of breaches continues.

The European Commission has withdrawn Chinese solar panel manufacturer Shinetime China and its related company in the EU, Shinetime Europe, from the EU-China price undertaking.