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US Finalizes Tariffs on Southeast Asian Solar Imports

Tariffs target major firms like Jinko Solar and Trina Solar Tariffs range from 6.1% to 3,403.96% International Trade Commission to vote on industry harm in June April 21 (Reuters) – U.S. trade officials finalized tariff levels on solar cells and panels from Southeast Asia, a key step toward wrapping up a year-old trade case brought …

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Clean Energy Already Has Big Trade Barriers. Now Comes Trump

Researchers see negative impacts across the board, but some countries and industries are far more exposed. Solar and onshore wind should fare better. One set of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs went into effect on Saturday. The rest are due to begin Wednesday. Stock markets around the world have taken a nosedive, with some indices cratering even …

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US Solar’s Hoarding Habit Will Help Blunt Sting From Trump Tariffs

The US has imported about 80% of modules from four Southeast Asian countries that face big new levies. Workers install solar panels on the roof of a home in San Francisco, California.Photographer: Michaela Vatcheva/Bloomberg By Josh Saul, Shoko Oda, and Jennifer A Dlouhy America’s solar industry has a strategy for dulling US tariffs: hoard. Developers …

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COMMENTARY: Solar and Wind Power Are Expensive – Fraser Insitute

By Bjørn Lomborg Global evidence is clear: Adding more solar and wind to the energy supply pushes up the price of electricity for consumers and businesses. Families in Ontario know this already from their bitter experience: from 2005, the Ontario government began phasing out coal energy and dived headlong into subsidizing wind and solar generation. Those green …

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Green Investors Are Finding Bargains in Trump’s Big Oil Era

Renewable power assets have now become a buyers’ market Wind, solar are still key to meet rising electricity demand Private infrastructure investors are snatching up green bargains in what’s emerged as a buyer’s market for wind, solar and battery projects. The moves follow a a slump in clean-energy stocks, as US President Donald Trump’s call for …

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US Wind and Solar Still Have Room to Grow for Data Centers, Microsoft VP Says

By Laila Kearney HOUSTON, March 12 (Reuters) – U.S. wind and solar development still has significant room for expansion to power data centers, particularly in the Midwest wind corridor and sunny southwest, Microsoft Vice President of Energy Bobby Hollis told Reuters at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston on Wednesday. The quick proliferation of Big …

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BP’s Green Failure Offers Big Oil a Lesson in Moderation

Summary Share price underperformed peers Revenues from renewables sector complicated by costs and technical problems Elliott Management stake increased the pressure for strategy change Renewable energy set to grow faster than fossil fuels (Reuters) – BP has returned to its oil and gas roots in a spectacular about-turn following its trailblazing attempt five years ago …

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Brookfield Makes $1.7 Billion Renewables Bet on Increasing AI, Data Power Needs

Announces deal to buy National Grid’s U.S. onshore renewables business including solar parks and onshore wind farms By Rachel Morison and William Mathis Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. agreed to spend US$1.7 billion in a deal to expand its U.S. onshore renewables business as the company bets there will be increasing demand for electricity from data …

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China’s Clean Energy Investments Nearing Scale of Global Fossil Investments, Researchers Find

BEIJING, Feb 19 (Reuters) – China invested 6.8 trillion yuan ($940 billion) in clean energy in 2024, approaching the $1.12 trillion in global investment in fossil fuels, according to a new analysis for U.K.-based research organisation Carbon Brief. That was despite growth in China’s clean energy investments slowing to 7% from 40% in 2023 amid …

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Trump’s Renewables Permit Flip-Flop Unsettles Sector

Developers fear the US president may seek to block solar and wind projects. Renewable-energy developers knew US President Donald Trump preferred oil and gas to solar and wind — and long opposed offshore turbines. But they were hoping he wouldn’t throw roadblocks in front of other clean-power projects. After the last week, they’re not so …

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