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Efforts to bring US polysilicon and wafer supply face an uphill struggle. Here’s why

2024-05-15

Amongst this uncertainty, questions are being raised over whether the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is up to the task of bringing upstream solar supply to North America. Image: Hemlock

The dynamics of solar supply in the US are continuing to shift.

The Department of Commerce (DOC) may be reopening anti-dumping tariff investigations into Southeast Asian factories – which almost exclusively supply the US – just as Joe Biden’s two-year waiver on tariffs is due to expire; the Secretary of the Treasury, Janet L. Yellen, said on a visit to China that she “wouldn’t rule out” further trade measures against Chinese manufacturers’ overcapacity; and the announcements for new module assembly plants – and some cell producers – on US soil keep coming.

(The above content is reproduced from pv-tech,By Will Norman)

 

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