Losses widened at German PV manufacturer SolarWorld during the third quarter of 2016 amid a global erosion of panel prices the company blames on stepped-up dumping practices by Chinese competitors.

After some 22 gigawatts of new capacity were added in China during the first half of this year, the People’s Republic constrained new installations at a time manufacturers were bringing additional capacity online, creating massive excess capacity and full warehouses in China, SolarWorld chief executive Frank Asbeck says.

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