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Made in the USA

In the wake of the Section 201 tariffs, the United States is seeing a minor renaissance in solar module manufacturing. However, in terms of why this is happening, the tariffs are only one part of a much more complicated story.

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Christian Roselund

19 Jun 2018

Image: SolarWorld

In the wake of President Trump’s announcement of import duties on silicon solar cells and modules coming in to the U.S., analysts from various firms were united in declaring that this would not result in much new U.S. solar manufacturing.They had a number of reasons for this. First, the tariffs were too low for the …

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