When will a final decision on solar panels be announced?

A final decision on the case should be announced within 110 working days. “Solar panels have become strategically important for Europe: for our clean energy production, jobs in Europe, and security of supply,” said Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner for the internal market.

Who are the two solar consortiums that dropped out of Romania?

The two solar consortiums that dropped out of Romania are a German subsidiary of Longi Green Energy Technology, one of the world’s largest makers of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, and two European subsidiaries of the Chinese state-backed power company Shanghai Electric.

Will the NZIA send solar back 20 years?

“If badly designed, the NZIA risks sending the sector back 20 years,” says Kareen Boutonnat, chief executive for Europe and Asia Pacific at Lightsource bp, one of the region’s largest solar developers. “No one is interested in costly renewables.” The EU’s conundrum has some historical irony to it.

Why did the European Commission impose a tariff on Chinese solar panels?

In 2012, the European Commission launched an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese solar panel imports; the following year, it imposed an almost 50 per cent duty on those imports. That decision pitched the EU into its biggest trade dispute with China yet. Beijing threatened retaliatory tariffs on wine and luxury cars.

Are European solar panels going out of business?

Major European solar manufacturers such as Meyer Burger have shut plants or cut their output. China supplies about 95 per cent of the panels used in the EU, according to the think-tank Bruegel.

Are Chinese solar panels undermining European solar production?

European solar manufacturers say a glut of cheaper Chinese photovoltaics is undermining their production, with solar panels costing roughly half what they did at the same time last year due to the oversupply. Major European solar manufacturers such as Meyer Burger have shut plants or cut their output.