News

The European Commission’s decision to impose duties on Chinese-manufactured solar products has sent shockwaves through the European solar industry. Below is a comprehensive round-up of the industry’s reaction to the news:

Power-One will be hosting a series of events across the UK to support the introduction of the inverter manufacturer’s range of microinverters.

SolarAid has been awarded £500,000 after winning the Global Impact Award as part of Google’s Global Impact Challenge.

Aldershot-based renewable distributor Segen has announced a partnership with Taiwanese solar manufacturer WINAICO in order to alleviate the pressure on UK installers following the decision to impose duties on Chinese-manufactured solar products.

Ecolution Energy Services has launched a solar PV performance guarantee for Housing Associations.

China has commenced anti-dumping and countervailing investigations into European wine, following yesterday’s announcement of preliminary duties on Chinese solar imports into the EU.

The CEO of the Solar Trade Association (STA) Paul Barwell was left “feeling flat” after the European Commission (EC) announced that it will be imposing duties of 11.8% on Chinese-manufactured solar products.

Enact Energy Renewables has gone into administration only a few months after being awarded Green Deal provider status.

Prosolia Energía has announced two large-scale projects in the UK totalling 10.5MW of new capacity.

Following on from last week’s blog which looked at how to implement the new MCS shade assessment guide, Martin explains why MCS chose the new shade procedure.