Taiwan makers may expand PV module capacity as China PV module export costs to US may increase, says EnergyTrend

According to EnergyTrend, Taiwan-based solar cell makers' capacity utilization has dropped recently because of countervailing duty (CVD) and anti-dumping duty (AD) issues. However, it is rumored that some makers plan to expand their module capacity. Arthur Hsu, research manager at EnergyTrend, described this situation as a reaction to US Department of Commerce's (DOC) preliminary ruling in CVD, which may be viewed as potentially beneficial to Taiwan makers because the costs of China PV module exports to the US will likely increase. This means Taiwan makers could see transferred orders, and hence plan for capacity expansion.

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