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The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that the U.S. solar panel manufacturing industry is

Solar power in America is booming, but there are challenges ahead as the pause on imported solar panel tariffs has now expired.

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The plan could have major repercussions for the solar market and the presidential campaign.

WATERTOWN — Convalt Energy has joined six other renewable energy companies in filing legal action with the U.S. International Trade Commission to stop Chinese companies from producing cheaper solar panels

Several of the biggest American solar manufacturing companies say in a petition filed with the Commerce Department that firms in four Asian countries are illegally flooding the U.S. market with Chinese-subsidized panels.

Inexpensive Chinese solar panels are pitting Americans who want cheap equipment against those who want to make it

First Solar and six other manufacturers allege that companies in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are dumping solar cells on the U.S. market.

Solar companies claim that Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are selling solar cells below production costs or benefiting from subsidies, making it hard for American manufacturers to compete. Read more.

Petitions come amid growing alarm within the U.S. solar industry that a flood of cheap Chinese green energy technology exports are pushing down prices of solar panels and threatening efforts by the Biden administration to develop a domestic solar supply chain.