Renew Wisconsin is raising concerns about a federal investigation into “alleged unfair trade practices” targeting solar energy products imported from southeast Asia. The renewable energy advocacy group highlighted the U.S. Commerce Department’s investigation into certain solar products imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. A release notes 80 percent of all U.S. solar panel imports come from these countries.
The investigation was launched in response to a complaint by a California manufacturer called Auxin Solar, which argued the imports from the four southeast Asian countries represent “pervasive backdoor dumping” by China, the Associated Press reported...
Ken Notes: This is complex, China has made solar very cost effective but has also made it difficult for domestic manufacturing to compete. Do we want utilities to continue to build huge solar facilities using domestic labor or do we want tariffs that would slow this. We need a global renewable policy to deal with this...
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