Solar tariff

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Another step backward

The U.S. solar trade group, the Solar Energy Industries Association, campaigned against the tariffs and estimated the decision would create a “crisis” for the burgeoning industry and result in the loss of 23,000 U.S. jobs this year as billions of dollars in solar investments are canceled.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...n-imported-washers-solar-panels-idUSKBN1FB30B

 

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Sunpower announces first large project on hold
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...nsion-on-hold-over-trump-tariff-idUSKBN1FF00X
The ripple effect in jobs lost from this tariff declaration will be large. There are thousands of related industry jobs from hardware makers of trackers, racks, wiring, inverters to installer and service jobs. When these people lose their jobs they stop buying services and products beyond their necessities. That can affect 10 other unrelated jobs in the community per each laid off solar industry worker.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Sunpower announces first large project on hold
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...nsion-on-hold-over-trump-tariff-idUSKBN1FF00X
The ripple effect in jobs lost from this tariff declaration will be large. There are thousands of related industry jobs from hardware makers of trackers, racks, wiring, inverters to installer and service jobs. When these people lose their jobs they stop buying services and products beyond their necessities. That can affect 10 other unrelated jobs in the community per each laid off solar industry worker.

Ugh! Well, maybe these lost jobs can be made up in the coal mines...

Is there still a WTO that can sue? Is there some industry group that can get together and lobby and sue?

This is a setback, no doubt. It'll be corrected in time, but I don't have enough runway personally for this kind of bs. Does our planet?

 

[peakbagger]

I dont believe its going to make much of a difference. The new NEC rules for high voltage commercial arrays are going to cut cost far more substantially than the extra costs for solar panels. RSD rules added more cost on string inverter systems than the tariff did. The far bigger impacts are utility pushback on net metering and surcharges for solar.