Wuxi Suntech loses ZKenergy module court case

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Module manufacturer Wuxi Suntech has lost a lawsuit filed by renewable energy developer ZKenergy in a dispute over a RMB206 million (US$33.17 million) sales contract.

ZKenergy filed the lawsuit in September last year, alleging that Wuxi Suntech failed to deliver a shipment of modules ordered by the firm. ZKenergy requested that it be repaid the total amount paid under the contract and be liable for breaching the sales agreement.

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Wuxi Suntech then filed a counterclaim on 25 December and requested that ZKenergy pay the firm the amount it said it had lost from the contract stand-off, totalling RMB246.6 million (US$39.7 million).

In a judgement reached last week but announced today, the Jiangsu Province Higher People’s Court ruled in favour of ZKenergy and ordered Wuxi Suntech to repay the total RMB206 million plus interest and penalties for the period running 31 March to 31 December 2014 up to a total added sum of RMB30.9 million (US$4.9 million).

The court did however reject other claims laid against Wuxi Suntech by ZKenergy as well as the module manufacturer’s counterclaims.

In April last year Shunfeng Photovoltaic completed its acquisition of Wuxi Suntech after gaining shareholder approval, paying RMB3 billion (US$483 million) for the company through Wuxi’s bankruptcy court.

Suntech was unavailable to comment at the time of publication.

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