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A new era for US solar

PV landscape: It is a new era for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and the United States. Fresh on the heels of the election of climate denier Donald Trump, who disparages solar and wants to bring back the coal industry, SEIA has appointed Abigail Ross Hopper as its president and CEO, to fill the power vacuum left by the departure of long-time CEO Rhone Resch. A few weeks after the appointment was made official pv magazine caught up with Hopper, to test the waters regarding her priorities at SEIA and her thoughts about the U.S. solar industry and policy under the new presidential administration.

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Christian Roselund

21 Feb 2017

pv magazine: What are your top priorities as the new leader of SEIA?Abigail Hopper: I have three top priorities. One is ensuring that the tax credits that were put in place a little over a year ago remain in place, and that there is no change in this federal policy, or any other changes on …

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