In the view of the industry, the restrictive measures on China's new energy industry violate free trade rules, are not conducive to global cooperation on climate change, and are "harmful to others", not only can not solve the challenges of the local wind power industry, but also more difficult to block the development of China's wind power industry. Recently, EU officials publicly said that the low price of imported wind power products from China is likely to threaten European local wind energy companies, so the EU is considering opening anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese wind power products. Less than a month after European Commission President von der Leyen announced a countervailing investigation into China's electric vehicle industry, the European Union once again proposed countervailing investigation measures against China's new energy industry. In the view of the industry, the restrictive measures on China's new energy industry violate free trade rules, are not conducive to global cooperation on climate change, and are "harmful to others", not only can not solve the challenges of the local wind power industry, but also more difficult to block the development of China's wind power industry.
The Financial Times reported that a number of European wind power product manufacturers have been lobbying EU officials, arguing that China's "cheap imports have brought local wind turbine manufacturers to the brink of collapse." Although the EU has not yet issued actual measures, but the Financial Times quoted three EU officials as saying that anti-subsidy investigation measures against the Chinese wind power industry are likely to be released this month. It is understood that this is not the first time that EU officials have put forward "early warning" on the development of Chinese wind power enterprises. In September, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton pointed out that "Chinese wind power equipment manufacturers actively enter the European wind power market and provide deep discounts", calling for the launch of anti-dumping or anti-subsidy investigations into wind turbines produced in China.
Earlier, Giles Dixon, chief executive of the European Wind Energy Association, also issued a statement "warning" of the "dangers" posed by Chinese wind turbines. "Europe's local wind industry chain is struggling," he said. "If we do not change policy measures, Europe is likely to lose its manufacturing advantage. Chinese wind turbine manufacturers offer cheaper wind turbines, and their expansion may bring risks." Public data shows that the value of European imports of wind turbines from China rose from 211 million euros in 2019 to 411 million euros in 2021. It is worth noting that although the number of wind turbines exported by Chinese enterprises to Europe is rising, the proportion of Chinese wind power machines in the European market is not high.
