The EU intends to implement registration measures on Chinese imports of solar inverter

EU diplomats said the Member States through a European Commission plan to make further preparations for the tax import market worth 21 billion euros. Under this scheme, if found Chinese manufacturers to price below cost sales of photovoltaic products, will be retroactive taxation. Asked to remain anonymous diplomatic sources did not specify when to start the implementation of the registration measures. The EU survey products implementation of the registration system does not have to be adopted by the Member States, but the support of the Member States of the registration system for the final tariffs basis.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released statistics of the U.S. electric power industry in 2012, EIA data showed total 2012 U.S. solar inverter  and solar inverter power generation 4342GWh (43.42 kWh) increased approximately 139% over 2011 1818GWh .

Solar inverter capacity of the top five areas are: California (1415GWh), Arizona (899GWh), the Nevada (438Gwh), New Jersey (349GWh) and New Mexico (339GWh).

According to the EIA data, in 2012, including hydropower, renewable energy accounted for 12.22% of the total generating capacity in the United States, of which hydropower 6.82%, 3.46% wind power, biomass 1.42%, 0.41% geothermal, solar 0.11%. EIA statistics are not entirely for the grid-independent power generation system, the actual renewable energy generating capacity should be higher than the statistical value. Although solar inverter is not high, but it maintained the highest growth rate. In contrast to 2012 wind, geothermal and biomass power generation increased by 16.6%, 9.6% and 1.6%, hydroelectric power generation due to water shortage in 2011 reduced 13.4%.

At the same time, 2012, the total generating capacity in the United States decreased by 1.1% compared with 2011. Coal, petroleum (including petroleum coke), nuclear power and natural gas power generation, respectively, accounting for 37.4%, 0.5%, 19% and 30.4. The first three generating capacity were lower than in 2011, 12.5%, 24.1% and 2.6%, while natural gas generating capacity in 2012 grew by 21.4%.
Nippon Metal Mine (JX Nippon Mining & Metals.Co Japanese copper smelting industry leading manufacturers JX Holdings's JX day, Ltd.) on February 28, after Japanese stocks closed press release announced that the company and Toho Titanium (with the JX Holdings subsidiary), Japan LCD raw material maker Chisso subsidiary JNC agreed was the date of June 2008 will be held in June 2014 after the dissolution of the tripartite joint solar cell with polysilicon manufacturing company "New Japan Solar Silicon (JSS ), exit the solar polysilicon market.

JX Nippon Mining Nisseki lead to weak demand for solar cells due to the European debt crisis, coupled with the Chinese mainland manufacturers increase production caused by solar battery market presents a serious oversupply situation, also contributed to the oversupply situation continued to show the impact of the main material of the solar cell "polysilicon" fear, so judged the cause of converting to the ongoing operations, the resolution to withdraw from the market. According to The Nikkei, JSS Kashima factory production of solar polysilicon products, annual production capacity of 3,000 tons.

Nikkei reported that on February 28 the mainland manufacturers increase production, resulting in the intensification of price competition, the solar cell materials industry threatens to set off a wave of elimination tide. The Nikkei, Japan's leading polysilicon manufacturing plant Tokuyama plans big cut in Japan with an annual output capacity to 3,000-4,000 tons (the only 1/3 level). Reported that, Tokuyama Tokuyama, Japan manufacture polysilicon production equipment into this (2013) year after two discontinued, currently only about 55% capacity utilization, and future sales of polysilicon main targets will semiconductors for Lord, instead of solar inverters use.

The report pointed out that outside Tokuyama, Asahi Glass was closed in November 2012 in Tennessee, United States of solar cell with glass protection glass factory, the overall protection of the glass production capacity shrank by 3 percent; Japan board pin solar inverters in the United States and Europe The plant is also being cut measures.

, SUMCO, and JFE Steel has also recently announced its withdrawal from the solar cell silicon wafer market, JX Holdings's JX Nippon Mining, Nisseki Energy (JX Nippon Oil & Energy; hereinafter referred to as the JX Energy) announced on November 6, 2012 will exit the solar inverters wafer market,'s engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling of solar inverters wafer subsidiary "Space Energy" will be held in December 2012 to stop the production of silicon wafers. Sanso (Taiyo Nippon Sanso), Japan's largest industrial gas suppliers in September 2012 announced that it would stop production of solar cell manufacturing process gas.