A US probe into whether Chinese solar-panel manufacturers are circumventing tariffs will slash expected domestic installations by 46% this year and next, according to a Washington-based advocacy group.
The Solar Energy Industries Association said on Tuesday that 318 projects totalling 51 gigawatts of solar capacity and six gigawatt-hours of attached battery storage are being cancelled or delayed. That’s equivalent to the electricity generated by about 51 nuclear reactors. The probe also puts 100,000 jobs at risk in a US industry that employed more than 230,000 workers in 2020.
“With one stroke of a pen this administration could wipe out 10 years of solar job growth,” Abigail Ross Hopper, SEIA’s chief executive officer, said in a joint interview with solar firms at…
