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The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) levied a second round of preliminary tariffs against Chinese solar module imports in the ongoing trade war between U.S. solar manufacturers and their Chinese counterparts. The following are the anti-dumping tariffs handed down in the ruling: Suntech: 31.22 percent Trina: 31.14 percent Named Chinese firms: 31.18 percent F […]

Here's a reprint of the fact sheet just issued by the Department of Commerce on the preliminary decision on the anti-dumping complaint from SolarWorld. (Click on the images to enlarge.) […]

Shyam Mehta, Greentech Media's Senior Solar Analyst: While the margins are not as high as those seen in many previous U.S.-China antidumping cases (electrical blankets, steel grating), they are certainly much higher than Chinese manufacturers would have hoped for. Stacked onto the margins for countervailing duties, they amount to levels of 35 to 36 perc […]

If, as currently predicted, Southern California Edison is unable to get its 2,200-megawatt San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) back in service in time for the heat of the summer, California’s power generation and delivery system will be profoundly tested. “An extended outage of both SONGS units may create local reliability issues during heat waves […]

A tsunami of Green Button applications is coming to an iPad, Android phone or computer near you, if you happen to be one of the 30 million or so Americans who has a utility that supports the Green Button initiative. The Green Button, which was announced last fall, is a feature that allows residential and commercial customers to download detailed energy-use i […]

Third-party-financed residential solar -- offering homeowners rooftop solar at no cost, then reaping the benefits of tax incentives and economies of scale -- is all the rage these days. California saw third-party solar outpace homeowner-owned solar for the first time last year, with contenders like SolarCity, SunRun, Sungevity, Clean Power Finance, OneRoof E […]