Goodbye Big Oil, Hello Big Solar
Solar power companies are on track to provide more energy to the world than oil and gas soon says Bloomberg.
Solar power companies are on track to provide more energy to the world than oil and gas soon says Bloomberg.
“More than 263,000 Americans rely on their solar and storage job to feed their family and pay the bills, and this case unnecessarily puts their livelihood at risk.”
By Rachel DiFranco, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Fremont It is not mere chance that more than 30 clean and green tech firms have found themselves residing in Fremont, the city that bridges the East Bay to the South Bay. Self-dubbed Silicon Valley East, the City of Fremont has been successful in attracting a … [continued]
The Coalition of American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) is looking to widen the scope of recently imposed duties on imports of silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels manufactured in China. A coalition of some 230 US solar energy industry participants, CASM on February 1 filed appeals with the US Court of … [continued]
US imports of silicon solar panels from China have dropped significantly this year with the imposition of unfair trade duties, but PV prices continued to their seemingly inexorable decline.
A Commerce WTO panel, in its final ruling. left initial anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar PV imports essentially the same, raised anti-subsidy duties substantially, and left a loophole open. […]
Four founding members of the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) purchased more than $400 million in goods and services from other manufacturers and employers in 46 states in 2011, according to a CASM survey. The survey results highlight the ripple effects and positive impact a healthy US solar PV manufacturing sector can have on job creation, income growth and economic development, particularly in areas hard-hit by the exodus of manufacturers from US shores.