News Digest Item
29 Mar 2018

SolarWorld files for insolvency – again

pv magazine

German solar PV manufacturer SolarWorld Industries GmbH has filed for insolvency, writes Sandra Enkhardt for pv magazine. The announcement comes less than a year after SolarWorld AG filed for insolvency in May 2017. SolarWorld blames the planned phasing out of anti-dumping measures by the EU Commission against Chinese competition and the further drop in prices, writes Enkhardt.

Read the article in English here.

For background, read the CLEW article Last major German solar cell maker surrenders to Chinese competition.

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