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hatrack

(59,436 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 08:49 AM May 2020

Shitstain's Try For Solar Tarrifs Blocked: Didn't "Sufficiently Demonstrate Compliance" W. Process

A U.S. trade court has blocked the Trump administration's plan to enact tariffs on a type of two-sided solar panel, dealing a blow to domestic manufacturers that had sought levies against cheap imports.

Bifacial solar panels can generate power from both sides. They're currently used in a minority of solar projects, but many within the industry say that share will grow rapidly, since they can produce more power over their lifetimes than monofacial types. The panels had previously been excluded from broader tariffs on solar imports before the Trump administration pushed to reverse the exemption last fall. That triggered a complaint from developer Invenergy LLC and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), which won a preliminary injunction against the plan. They said that a tariff exemption would accelerate adoption of the technology.

The Trump administration then sought in April to get the injunction lifted so tariffs could go into effect. It argued that an Office of the U.S. Trade Representative proceeding showed that cheap imports had prevented the rise of domestic manufacturers for that panel type (Energywire, April 17)

But in its decision yesterday, the U.S. Court of International Trade decided not to lift the injunction, saying the administration hadn't sufficiently demonstrated its compliance with formal tariff procedures. The court directed the administration to confer with Invenergy, SEIA and other plaintiffs in the "hotly contested" case and submit a schedule for further proceedings by June 17.

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https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2020/05/28/stories/1063251569

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Shitstain's Try For Solar Tarrifs Blocked: Didn't "Sufficiently Demonstrate Compliance" W. Process (Original Post) hatrack May 2020 OP
I am not aware of any US maker Miguelito Loveless May 2020 #1

Miguelito Loveless

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1. I am not aware of any US maker
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:05 AM
May 2020

who produces bi-facial cells. So, he's "protecting" U.S. consumers from higher efficiency PV panels.

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