Featured in Burning ambition – 09-2012

Solar trade wars – next stop India?

India: The trade war slowly makes its way into India. Indian manufacturers have lodged a complaint against the Chinese on charges of dumping modules at unacceptable prices as well. Madhavan Nampoothiri of RESolve Energy Consultants elaborates.

Trade tensions between different countries over the subject of unfair trade practices to help the domestic solar industry have been escalating over the past months. On the one hand, there is the issue of “dumping” of PV modules. While the U.S. slapped anti-dumping penalties on Chinese firms, the EU will begin its investigations to see …

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