Not So Invisible Hand Stirs Ethanol

Government policies shape biofuels markets Sometime around the middle of last year, the US surged ahead of Brazil to become the world’s highest-volume exporter of ethanol. According to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US boosted...

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No Winner in Chinese Solar Case

The Department of Commerce last week announced its preliminary determination that certain Chinese producers/exporters of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells have indeed received countervailable (albeit low) subsidies. So, score one for the US domestic solar industry, right? Not exactly.

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Gasoline Data Blend

Trade data belongs in the mix of energy market indicators Consumers may be riveted by the steady up-tick in prices at the gas pump, but the analysts who follow the energy market can’t afford that kind of tunnel vision. Multiple factors are driving the cost of oil. The...

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Evidence Points to Injury

USITC votes to pursue case on Chinese solar product dumping The US International Trade Commission has voted unanimously that there is reasonable indication that the US solar industry is materially injured by imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and...

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