400 companies, NGOs demand immediate end of trade measures on Chinese solar

(EurActiv, 18 Oct 2016) More than 400 companies from across the European Union, and leading environmental NGOS, have demanded the immediate end of punitive trade measures on solar panels and cells imported from China.

403 companies from all 28 member states warned that failure to remove the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on cells and modules from China would make panels more expensive.

That was slowing down the deployment of solar across Europe, and costing the bloc much-needed jobs, the businesses said in a letter to the European Commission .

The industry call was echoed in another letter sent to EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström by five leading environmental NGOs , including Greenpeace, WWF and the Climate Action Network.

“The measures add 100,000s of euros cost to installations in the region of 10MW and above and around €1,000 to the household installations,” the industry letter read.

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EurActiv, 18 Oct 2016: 400 companies, NGOs demand immediate end of trade measures on Chinese solar