WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, President Biden issued a proclamation to raise the Section 201 tariff rate quota (TRQ) for imported solar cells from 5 gigawatts (GW) annually to 12.5 GW. The TRQ increase to 12.5 GW is retroactive for cells imported on or after August 1, 2024. Following is a … [continued]
A Proclamation To Further Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled Into Other Products) 1. On January 23, 2018, pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “Trade Act”) (19 U.S.C. 2253), the … [continued]
The tariffs recently placed on a variety of goods from China — including electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar cells, and batteries — are the latest in a slew of actions Washington, D.C., has taken to be tough on China. David Victor is the professor of innovation and public policy at the UC … [continued]
SEIA estimates the proposed 50-250% duties would cause 18 GW of lost solar deployment, equivalent to all U.S. solar capacity installed prior to 2015
Donald Trump, and those who support him, have good reason to be afraid of China in this tough game of hardball. China is in the ball park, ready to play. But the President of the United States, who issued the challenge, is in a sandbox holding a small bag of marbles.
Here’s some more solar news from around the interwebs: World’s largest private bank: solar power, wind power, electric vehicles, and energy storage to take over. (Solar Love) The top solar states in the US per capita and other cool solar stats have been released by a new Environment America report. … [continued]
If you’re itching for more solar news to read this weekend, check out my top (non-CleanTechnica) picks below. Of course, also be sure you’ve read every solar article on CleanTechnica (we’ve only published 5,450… not including this one). I’m also rolling in energy efficiency news and other energy news, below … [continued]
Going along with the CASE statement I just published, Eric Wesoff of Greentech Media has put together a great timeline and highlights post on this solar trade case that I’m going to repost in full here. The final response from the Department of Commerce is expected this week, so this may … [continued]
Andrew has been the one to most consistently cover the solar tariff wars, and he’s clearly on the side of CASM. To give the other side of the debate a little more air time, I’m republishing this week’s statement from Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) below. This is a complicated … [continued]
