China's Wind Turbine Price War and Global Market Impacts
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Allen Hall and Philip Totaro discuss China’s move to end its?domestic wind turbine price war?and how Germany’s countermeasures may spark similar moves by other EU countries.?
Just what is China doing? In a western country, Phil says setting a?national price floor?like this would be considered an?anti-competitive move?or collusion.?
Look again, Allen says: isn’t it just a?subsidy from the Chinese?government??
Whatever you call it, it’s a designed to put China ahead of the rest of the world in the renewables market, long term - meaning?for the next 25 to 50 years.?
Is it possible that China’s latest renewable energy move could even be?good for the whole industry??Get some insight into how US wind players, and manufacturers around the world, may respond in this week’s podcast.?
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1 个月When will the world wake-up and realize China via its state sponsored subsidies (or whatever other light they try to frame their anti-free market competition practices) is a threat to the competitiveness of U.S., European and Asian wind turbine OEMs as well as other clean energy related system and solutions OEMs. #badpanda