Renewable Energy

(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill that would block Chinese solar panel makers from claiming subsidies for their American factories. WHY IT MATTERS The American Tax Dollars for American Solar Manufacturing Act was introduced as some of the world’s largest solar panel producers, which are based in China, are …

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(Reuters) – California and Texas are the two largest producers of electricity from renewable power, and dominate most discussions about renewable energy generation in the United States. But several other states have developed far larger shares of renewable capacity within their utility-scale generation systems, and so draw a greater proportion of clean power in state …

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By Neil Ford Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Summary A dependence on components from Asia, import tariff uncertainty and demand concerns have curbed plans for American solar factories. U.S. module factory capacity rose 11 GW in Q1 2024 as tax credits in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act bore fruit, data …

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July 17 (Reuters) – Construction of U.S. solar-manufacturing plants by Chinese companies is surging, putting China in position to dominate the nascent industry, as other American factories struggle to compete despite federal subsidies. Chinese companies will have at least 20 gigawatts’ worth of annual solar panel production capacity on U.S. soil within the next year, …

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