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And this is how it's done; US manufacturing will never win
Topic Started: May 16 2010, 09:09 AM (120 Views)
1hp
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US, Europe look to China for clean energy sales

BEIJING (AP) -- U.S. leaders want China's clean energy boom to drive technology exports and are sending a sales mission to Beijing this week. But Beijing wants to create its own suppliers of wind, solar and other equipment and is limiting access to its market, setting up a new trade clash with Washington and Europe.

China passed the United States last year as the biggest clean power market, stoking hopes for Western sales of wind turbines, solar cells and other gear. But U.S. and European companies find that while Beijing welcomes foreign technology, it wants manufacturing done here and know-how shared with local partners. In the wind industry, foreign suppliers with factories in China say they are shut out of major projects.

"China is very keen on being able to depend on themselves," said Frank Haugwitz, a renewable energy consultant in Beijing.




I'll wager that in the eagerness for better numbers for Wall Street (and fat bonuses for a few execs) US companies will cave and manufacturer in China, and that will be that. Unfortunately Obama is not tough enough to stand up to Chinese politicians. Loathe as I am to say it, the only persons who may have the backbone are the unions.

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But Chinese leaders want clean energy to be one of a series of emerging industries with their companies playing a leading global role. They are using regulations to ensure the bulk of Chinese sales go to local producers.

It really isn't a global economy.

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As far as I can tell, the Chinese government is controlling the production of pV solar cells to keep the prices artificially high. Around $1.75 to $2 per watt.
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Having dealt with both countries on an occasional basis I think the future belongs to India rather than China. I think that in the long run the Chinese attitude towards real competition will be their undoing.
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