Last month, Lithuania’s new prime minister, Ingrid Rougeigne, also cried and shouted “to improve relations with China”, but less than a month later, on October 2, the energy minister jumped out and spoke, saying “goodwill has not been responded”, to remove the Chinese inverter in energy facilities.
(Source: Netease-After orders plummeted, Lithuania wanted to dismantle Chinese parts, and China gave Poland what it wanted most)
In early September, the newly appointed Prime Minister Ruginine also lowered his profile to the media and bluntly said that "improving relations with China is a priority for the new government." His words were full of urgency.
After all, Lithuania’s exports to China have dropped by 40 percent over the past few years due to the issue of Taiwan involvement, and many companies come to the government every day to protest.
But without waiting for the response of the Chinese side, on October 2, the energy minister was suddenly in trouble, saying that China's counterparty "goodwill" did not react, to replace the Chinese inverter in the national photovoltaic power plant and energy storage station all into European products, and also put the fierce word "before the end of the year must be dismantled".
As an activist for “carbon neutrality” in Europe, Lithuania has built more than 200 photovoltaic power plants in the past five years, of which more than 60% are Chinese inverters.
The inverter is the "heart" of the energy system. The electricity generated by photovoltaic panels must be converted into usable alternating current power, and the energy storage station must also rely on it to allocate electricity. Chinese inverters have long established a firm foothold in the European market. Even the UK market share can reach 37%, and Poland's market share is as high as 25%, relying on stability and cheapness.
Why is Lithuania asking for trouble by dismantling China's inverters? The first is that the cost is too high. It costs money to remove old equipment, and it is more expensive to buy new ones.
Chinese inverters are 30% cheaper than similar European products, and their performance is not bad-for example, the fault repair rate of household photovoltaic inverters made in China is less than 1%, while that of European products is 0.5 percentage points higher.
The Ministry of Energy has calculated itself that it will cost at least 1.2 billion euros to dismantle all of them and replace them with new ones, which is equivalent to twice Lithuania's annual photovoltaic subsidy.
Second, the technical connection can not be followed at all. different brands of inverters and photovoltaic panels, energy storage batteries have to be "matched", forced to change European equipment, which can cause the entire power plant to stop deployment.
Lithuania's largest photovoltaic power plant, Cannes, just installed Chinese inverters last year, if demolished, the power supply of three surrounding cities would be affected.
There are engineers who say: "At least one month should be stopped, and if the peak of electricity in the winter is a problem, the people will freeze."
More ironically, Cube's so-called "goodwill" is simply insincere. The previous Palutskas government called for improving relations, but it has always refused to make concessions on Taiwan-related issues. China has long made it clear that "the one-China principle is the bottom line, and there are no special concessions to talk about".
Now that the new government has changed people, it's still the same old story-it calls for cooperation, but in fact it doesn't even want to keep the promises in the communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations. The foreign minister-designate even said that he would "put pressure on China" to restore relations. This is not seeking cooperation, but clearly playing hegemony.
Netizens see clearly: "Is it to play China as a fool?" "I want to take the dismantling equipment as a code, and not look at myself a few kilos or two" "Have not China's 5G equipment banned enough?"
Indeed, Lithuania has done similar stupid things a long time ago. A few years ago, it followed suit and banned Chinese 5G equipment. As a result, European suppliers took the opportunity to raise prices, and communication construction costs increased by 40%. So far, many rural areas do not have access to 5G. Now banning inverters is simply repeating the same mistakes.
The most panicking is actually Lithuanian enterprises.China is the important market for Lithuanian amber and dairy products, before the tension, these products can not come in, the enterprise has lost to the sky.
Now that the Minister of Energy is doing this again, many business owners have written directly to the government: "If we continue to mess around, we will really go bankrupt!"
Even the President of Cube warned not to have too high expectations for improving relations, and not to "shave your head and get hot". Obviously, he is much more sober than the minister.
China is not afraid at all. China companies account for nearly 70% of the global inverter market, and their technology and production capacity are in their own hands.
Lithuania dismantled Chinese equipment, and European suppliers may not be able to replenish it in a timely manner - German and Polish inverters have long been unwanted, waiting for delivery until next year.
And the Chinese market is very large, less Lithuania's customer, does not affect at all, on the contrary, the Cuban itself, must pay for arbitrariness.
Now the inside of the cube is already noisy. The Ministry of Economic Affairs is afraid of affecting trade with China and strongly opposes dismantling equipment; the Ministry of Energy insists on "showing loyalty" and wants to please the West.
There is media exposure, the energy minister behind the European equipment merchants backbone, dismantled China, can be exchanged for their products, the interests here are obvious. but the people are not stupid, if the electricity stop is the price increase, the first blasphemy is this crowd of fatiguing politicians.
Finally, I want to ask everyone, do you think Lithuania really dares to remove the Chinese inverter? if they continue to play, how should China counter?
(Source: Netease-After orders plummeted, Lithuania wanted to dismantle Chinese parts, and China gave Poland what it wanted most)
In early September, the newly appointed Prime Minister Ruginine also lowered his profile to the media and bluntly said that "improving relations with China is a priority for the new government." His words were full of urgency.
After all, Lithuania’s exports to China have dropped by 40 percent over the past few years due to the issue of Taiwan involvement, and many companies come to the government every day to protest.
But without waiting for the response of the Chinese side, on October 2, the energy minister was suddenly in trouble, saying that China's counterparty "goodwill" did not react, to replace the Chinese inverter in the national photovoltaic power plant and energy storage station all into European products, and also put the fierce word "before the end of the year must be dismantled".
As an activist for “carbon neutrality” in Europe, Lithuania has built more than 200 photovoltaic power plants in the past five years, of which more than 60% are Chinese inverters.
The inverter is the "heart" of the energy system. The electricity generated by photovoltaic panels must be converted into usable alternating current power, and the energy storage station must also rely on it to allocate electricity. Chinese inverters have long established a firm foothold in the European market. Even the UK market share can reach 37%, and Poland's market share is as high as 25%, relying on stability and cheapness.
Why is Lithuania asking for trouble by dismantling China's inverters? The first is that the cost is too high. It costs money to remove old equipment, and it is more expensive to buy new ones.
Chinese inverters are 30% cheaper than similar European products, and their performance is not bad-for example, the fault repair rate of household photovoltaic inverters made in China is less than 1%, while that of European products is 0.5 percentage points higher.
The Ministry of Energy has calculated itself that it will cost at least 1.2 billion euros to dismantle all of them and replace them with new ones, which is equivalent to twice Lithuania's annual photovoltaic subsidy.
Second, the technical connection can not be followed at all. different brands of inverters and photovoltaic panels, energy storage batteries have to be "matched", forced to change European equipment, which can cause the entire power plant to stop deployment.
Lithuania's largest photovoltaic power plant, Cannes, just installed Chinese inverters last year, if demolished, the power supply of three surrounding cities would be affected.
There are engineers who say: "At least one month should be stopped, and if the peak of electricity in the winter is a problem, the people will freeze."
More ironically, Cube's so-called "goodwill" is simply insincere. The previous Palutskas government called for improving relations, but it has always refused to make concessions on Taiwan-related issues. China has long made it clear that "the one-China principle is the bottom line, and there are no special concessions to talk about".
Now that the new government has changed people, it's still the same old story-it calls for cooperation, but in fact it doesn't even want to keep the promises in the communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations. The foreign minister-designate even said that he would "put pressure on China" to restore relations. This is not seeking cooperation, but clearly playing hegemony.
Netizens see clearly: "Is it to play China as a fool?" "I want to take the dismantling equipment as a code, and not look at myself a few kilos or two" "Have not China's 5G equipment banned enough?"
Indeed, Lithuania has done similar stupid things a long time ago. A few years ago, it followed suit and banned Chinese 5G equipment. As a result, European suppliers took the opportunity to raise prices, and communication construction costs increased by 40%. So far, many rural areas do not have access to 5G. Now banning inverters is simply repeating the same mistakes.
The most panicking is actually Lithuanian enterprises.China is the important market for Lithuanian amber and dairy products, before the tension, these products can not come in, the enterprise has lost to the sky.
Now that the Minister of Energy is doing this again, many business owners have written directly to the government: "If we continue to mess around, we will really go bankrupt!"
Even the President of Cube warned not to have too high expectations for improving relations, and not to "shave your head and get hot". Obviously, he is much more sober than the minister.
China is not afraid at all. China companies account for nearly 70% of the global inverter market, and their technology and production capacity are in their own hands.
Lithuania dismantled Chinese equipment, and European suppliers may not be able to replenish it in a timely manner - German and Polish inverters have long been unwanted, waiting for delivery until next year.
And the Chinese market is very large, less Lithuania's customer, does not affect at all, on the contrary, the Cuban itself, must pay for arbitrariness.
Now the inside of the cube is already noisy. The Ministry of Economic Affairs is afraid of affecting trade with China and strongly opposes dismantling equipment; the Ministry of Energy insists on "showing loyalty" and wants to please the West.
There is media exposure, the energy minister behind the European equipment merchants backbone, dismantled China, can be exchanged for their products, the interests here are obvious. but the people are not stupid, if the electricity stop is the price increase, the first blasphemy is this crowd of fatiguing politicians.
Finally, I want to ask everyone, do you think Lithuania really dares to remove the Chinese inverter? if they continue to play, how should China counter?