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During these two weeks, the global PV supply chain remains relatively flat due to weak market demand. Fortunately, demands in China are expected to return and declines in PV prices would end in the second quarter, according to EnergyTrend’s market research.
China, the world’s largest PV manufacturer and the largest market, dominates the global PV supply chain. It has been facing waves of anti-dumping and countervailing investigations conducted by USA, Canada and Australia. This week, Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission announced the conclusion for its investigation on China’s alleged dumping, determining that China’s dumping margin is negligible and will terminate the future investigation.
Meanwhile, China itself is working on establishing a healthier business environment for the PV industry. In order to build an efficient, transparent and trustable platform for PV financing, a new alliance called “China PV Power Investment and Financing Alliance” has successfully formed by a dozen of PV manufacturers, administrative institutions and governmental organizations. This new alliance aims to further prompt the nation’s PV development.
Market Research
- EnergyTrend Anticipates Declines in PV Prices to End in Q2 as Demands in China Return
- Trend of PV Products’ Spot Prices Remains Flat
Interview
Highlights
- Australia Concludes PV Dumping from China “Negligible”
- China Establishes New Alliance for Solar PV Financing
- UK's PV Installations Soar Despite Downtrend in Europe's PV Market
- Global PV Installation Reaches 177GW: IEA PVPS
- Toshiba Establishes a Hydrogen R&D Center in Japan for Hydrogen Economy
- SunEdison to Construct 262MW of PV Plants in Utah
- President Obama Plans to Train 75,000 Solar Workers
- Solar Frontier to Ramp up CIS Technology by Its Newest Tohoku Plant
Business/Acquisition/Investment
- Canadian Solar Completely Acquired Recurrent Energy from Sharp
- GE Energy Financial Services to Invest ¥7.5B in a Japanese PV Plant, with Pacifico Energy
- SPI Enters Into Australian Market through Acquiring Majority Interest in Solar Juice
- Shunfeng Meets a 275.6% Revenue Increase after Acquiring Wuxi Suntech in 2014
- Wells Fargo Invests $10 Million in Four Selected Clean Technology Startups
- 1366 Technologies’ Direct Wafer Technology Brings Chinese Investment and Japanese Orders
Construction/Supply/Manufacturing
- SunEdison and TerraForm Power Interconnect 26MW, Four Solar Farms in North Carolina
- SunEdison and Flextronics Expand Partnership for Manufacturing PV Modules
- Saft to Supply Lithium Cells for Electricity Meters in China, Indian and Taiwan
- Duke Energy Plans to Add 500MW of PV Capacity in Florida by 2024
- SunEdison Starts Construction of Seven PV Power Plants in Utah
- Canadian Solar Powers 40MW of Solar PV Plants in the UK
Innovation and Research
- Meyer Burger and CEA Partner to Accelerate Next Generation PV Technology
- Facebook to Use Solar-Powered Drones to Beam Internet
- Solar Impulse Plane to Fly From Myanmar to the Next Destination - China
- First Solar and UQ to Launch a PV System Research Facility in Australia
Other Renewables
- Gogoro to Launch Smartscooters in Taiwan for the First Time
- Siemens to Supply Wind Turbines for a 299MW Wind Project in Oklahoma
- Toshiba to Supply Four Power Generators and Equipment for Hydroelectric Plant in Myanmar
- Seiko Instruments Introduces Ultra-Small Li-ion Battery Utilized for Wearable Devices
- Saft batteries provide critical backup to Crim Sales & Engineering for utilities
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