Potential tariffs resulting from the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigations into solar cells and modules imported from Southeast Asia could increase costs to a point that restrict solar supply and installations in the U.S.
This is according to the new Clean Energy Associates analysis, commissioned by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), on the potential impacts of tariffs on the solar industry.
The analysis outlines how the U.S. solar sector is currently in good health, but the imposition of AD/CVD duties on solar cells and panels from Southeast Asia could raise U.S.-made module costs by $0.10 per watt and imported module costs by $0.15 per watt.
It further states that to meet the government’s target of a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the domestic solar industry must increase from 177 GW of installed capacity to over 500 GW.
“Today, solar is one of the most affordable and reliable energy sources we have to power our economy,” says ACORE President and CEO Ray Long.
“Injecting uncertainty into the market slows economic growth and the good-paying jobs clean energy creates, undermines U.S. climate objectives, and will inevitably raise energy costs for American families. This is not an appropriate course of action and could unintentionally cede U.S. leadership in the solar industry to other countries.”
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New Tariffs Could Undermine America’s Solar Progress, Says Analysis
As we’ve noted in the past, the idea of capturing CO2 from the atmosphere is completely unfeasible, since 99.96% of the air around is something other than CO2 (mostly nitrogen). However, there are environments that change this equation radically, cement plants being one of them, where the concentration of CO2 emissions is as high as 30% (versus .04%).
Now, this brings the subject of synthetic fuels into the realm of possibility. Sure, if you want to make gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, you’ll need two other things: hydrogen (which can come from electrolyzing water), and a considerable amount of energy, as these processes are heavily endothermic, meaning that energy must be supplied from external sources.
The good news is that we have enormous amounts of off-peak wind and nuclear that are wasted every day. Please see: Doty WindFuels.
With each passing day, there are fewer and fewer American voters who believe the bullshit at left.
Is Trump working hard to stay out of prison? Enrich himself and his family? Of course.
Could be possibly care less about anything else? Obviously not.
What’s the thought process of people in the rest of the developed world when it comes to visiting the U.S.?
Conversely, would you or I want to visit some country with a deeply corrupt regime that is systematically committing atrocities all around the globe, and whose leader is lining his pockets?
I’m glad I don’t own a resort in New England that counts on a flow of visitors from Canada. If I were a Canadian, I’d be thinking I’d rather visit hell.
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