The Wind Tower Trade Coalition (WTTC), a coalition of producers of windmill  towers in the US, filed a complaint with the US Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission (ITC) on Dec 29, claiming that Chinese and Vietnamese wind power generators producers are dumping products in the US market at below-cost prices and receiving government subsidies.
The new petition, which covers metal towers that hold turbines aloft at wind farms, followed a solar panel probe into Chinese manufacturers initiated by a group of US companies in October. The latest petition is seen as likely to make renewable-energy trade disputes between the US and China more heated.
The petition aims at raising import tariffs on wind turbine generator towers from China to more than 64 percent.
Titan Wind Energy (Suzhou) Co Ltd, one of the top wind power producers in China, was listed in the petition. According to industrial insiders from the association, the company provides wind towers to many wind turbines manufacturers in China.
Zheng Kangsheng, secretary of the board of Titan, said the company will cooperate with the ITC’s investigation. Zheng said it was premature to talk about any possible adjustment in the company’s overseas strategies.
Han Junliang, president of China’s biggest wind turbines producer, Sinovel Wind Group Co Ltd, said the petition will not have an effect on the company.
Ken Xu, vice-president at Vestas Wind Technology (China) Co Ltd, said the company exported 70 wind towers to the US in 2011 and the number will increase this year. Titan is one of the two wind tower suppliers to Vestas.

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