The European Commission is ready to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China in a move to guard against what it sees as Chinese dumping of cheap goods in Europe.
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The European Trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, is expected to tell his fellow EU commissioners on Wednesday that Brussels should levy punitive import duties on solar panels made in China, according to Reuters.
The European Union (EU) has agreed to bestow PHP189 million (USD4.5 million) to the Philippines to help it promote cleaner and more energy-efficient initiatives in the country.
At the close of the Pacific Energy Summit in Auckland, New Zealand yesterday a consortium of countries and international banking institutions announced that a funding package of USD532 million has been secured to fund renewable energy projects across the Pacific.
A senior Chinese official said yesterday that a cautious approach by the European Union (EU) to the on-going solar trade dispute is needed to avoid countermeasures by China.
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With new leadership poised to take control of China’s national congress in March, the transition is affecting efforts to dodge a looming trade war over solar panels with the European Union (EU), according to Reuters.
It appears that there may be light at the end of the tunnel in the ongoing dispute between China and the EU over aviation emissions by skirting the latter’s provocative Emissions Trading System (ETS).
A European Union solar glass manufacturers alliance, led by Germany’s GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg, has filed an anti-dumping complaint with the European Commission against Chinese competitors.
BYD, the Chinese carmaker backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, has announced new opportunities to sell in Europe and the winning of a solar power micro-grid project.
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The EU and Singapore have negotiated a draft free trade agreement (FTA) that, for the first time, includes language aimed at promoting “green growth” which is part of the Union’s “2020 strategy” for boosting the economy and reducing unemployment.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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