Six decades ago, Gen. Omar Bradley warned that expanding the Korean War into China would be "the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong enemy." Now the same could be said about the trade war that is brewing with China in the solar energy industry. Cutting off China and threatening U.S. solar jobs started in October when a German company with a manufacturing facility in Oregon filed a trade complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce demanding that punitive tariffs be imposed on solar panels and cells imported from China. Just before New Year's Day, several U.S. manufacturers filed a similar petition against China and Vietnam seeking special surcharges on wind towers imported from these countries.

A few days ago, the Tianhong Silicon 60KWpBIPV photovoltaic power system, which is founded by Shaanxi Photovoltaic Industry Co., Ltd, was put into operation, from test run to October 9, generated energy of 560kwh has been generated altogether.

Zhejiang Changxing Sinosteel Group Phase Ⅰ2MW Roof Synchronization Power Generation Project will be synchronized in sight, which is the greatest, combined to the grid golden sun demonstration project which has been built. It was constructed by the investment of Chint Solar, the total project scale of which is 4.25 MW, and the phaseⅠ2.25MW will be completed in June, 2012.

From China Marine Economy Investment Fair, the report understood that the first wind power project will settle in Chashan Town, it totally invests 0.5 billion Yuan with a preliminary proposed installed capacity is 40950 KW. So why does this project choose Chashan Town and which benefits will be brought to Chashan? A few days ago, the reporter interviewed County Development and Reform Bureau, one staff who is in charge of this project answered doubt of the reporter.

On October 29, “Sino-US Biomass Fuel Gas Seminar” was solemnly convened in Beijing. Over 100 experts, scholars, enterprise representatives in research area of biomass energy who come from Ohio State University, Washington State University, Texas A&M University, Hawaii University and China 21 Century Agenda Management Center, Tsinghua University, China Agriculture University, Beijing Sanitation Group, China Biogas Association and Qingdao Tianren Environment Co, Ltd, etc… attended this seminar.

The first solar PV pumping irrigation power station successfully operated in Qushui County yesterday, which can pump power consumption of 22kw, each water pump can draw water of 150 m3 per hour, the standard service life of PV system and equipment is 25 years. Successful operation of this power station supplies technical support to solar PV water pumping, catchwork irrigation or drinking water of human and livestock, and other demonstration application project for agricultural and pastoral areas, especially where are lack of power and no power, therefore, it becomes the first demonstration project which successfully helps farm drought resisting by applying new energy.