Featured in Battling the elements – 09-2025

Whatever the weather

As the dusts settles from this summer’s passing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, many in the US solar industry are left thinking, “it could have been worse.”

By

Mark Hutchins

08 Sep 2025

Photo: pv magazine/Milton Arias Millan

Though tariffs create a challenge for an industry requiring imports (pp. 22-23), a window remains for projects to claim promised tax credits before their removal and avoid further restrictions on imports from some regions (pp. 11-12). Though the end of many incentives may slow the industry down in the longer term, the word of the …

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