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Palo Alto Gets Feed-in Tariff for Photovoltaics
A unanimous vote made by the Palo Alto City Council on March 5 has given the city a feed-in tariff for photovoltaic installations. The Clean Local Energy Accessible Now (CLEAN) program is a pilot...
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Chinese Solar Cells & Panels Get Low U.S. Tariff, & U.S. Solar Energy...
Quite predictably, the U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that it has found that the Chinese government has awarded its solar companies subsidies that are too strong for international trade...
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Austin Includes Energy Price Hedge Value In Solar Tariff
Rocky Mountain Institute. Renewables scored a major victory recently in the natural gas heartland that is Texas. In a resolution adopted by the Austin City Council on August 28, the city declared solar...
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Solar Tariffs Could Be Offset By Ultra-Low-Cost Solar Plans
The recently announced 30% solar tariff could be offset and overwhelmed by new plans announced this week by the Rocky Mountain Institute and 35 solar energy industry leaders, which have committed to...
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Trump’s “America First” Message At Davos Flies In The Face Of Solar Tariffs
Donald Trump's Davos promise that "America is open for business" and his intention to put "America first" is undermined by his recent decision to impose tariffs on solar cells and modules (as well as...
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US Solar Industry Lost 10,000 Jobs In 2017
The US solar industry lost nearly 10,000 jobs in 2017 according to latest figures from the National Solar Job Census 2017 published this week by The Solar Foundation, the first year that jobs have...
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SunPower To Cut Estimated 200 Jobs & Incur $20+ Million Restructuring Costs...
American solar manufacturer SunPower has announced restructuring plans in the wake of Donald Trump's imposition of a 30% tariff on solar modules and cells following a Section 201 trade case, which will...
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US Utilities Turning Shuttered Coal Generating Facilities Into Solar Power...
Converting retired coal generating stations into solar power plants is in its infancy in the United States but could become an important part of greening the utility grid in the future.
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New Bipartisan Legislation Could Overturn Trump’s 30% Solar Import Tariff,...
In a move that could upset the US political apple cart all over Washington, Nevada Congresswoman Jacky Rosen has introduced a bipartisan bill to the House of Congress which, if successful, could...
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Majority Of US Voters Oppose Trump’s Solar Tariffs
Nearly 60% of American voters oppose tariffs recently imposed on imported solar cells and modules by US President Trump according to a new survey, including a majority in districts classified as "very...
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In A Win For The Robots, First Solar To Open New US Factory
How Trump's new solar tariff enabled First Solar to leverage its thin film PV technology over the competition, company plans gigantic new factory in Ohio
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US Solar Tariffs Cost Billions In Cancelled Projects, But 2018 To Remain Flat...
Two new reports published in the span of a few days have shed light on the state of the US solar industry in 2018, revealing billions lost in cancelled projects due to the imposition of the solar...
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China’s LONGi Solar Signs $600 Million Supply Agreement In The US
Chinese solar manufacturer LONGi Solar announced last week that it has signed a $600 million supply agreement with an unnamed major US power plant developer for the company's high-efficiency...
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