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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 979567" data-attributes="member: 1246">But U.S. firms that develop solar projects and install them decried the anti-dumping duties, saying that they risked a trade war with China and threatened to slow or halt the momentum of solar installations in the U.S.&quot;Wow, this is upsetting,&quot; said Tony Clifford, chief executive of Standard Solar, a solar developer and installer in Rockville, Md.Clifford buys a majority of his panels from Suntech and other Chinese makers. He argued that U.S. imports of cheaper Chinese solar panels had provided the catalyst for an overall dramatic price reduction in the last two years that has made solar installations more affordable for homes and businesses.Clifford said the cost of outfitting a typical home today with solar panels runs about $20,000 — half of what it did two to three years ago. Customers also benefit from a 30% tax credit until 2016. That doesn&#039;t give the solar industry much time to become cost competitive with electric power, he said.The tariffs would apply to Chinese-made solar cells, regardless of where the panels are made. Chinese solar energy companies could avoid the tariffs by shifting production of solar cells to nearby countries, then bringing those cells to China for assembly into panels.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 979567, member: 1246"] But U.S. firms that develop solar projects and install them decried the anti-dumping duties, saying that they risked a trade war with China and threatened to slow or halt the momentum of solar installations in the U.S. "Wow, this is upsetting," said Tony Clifford, chief executive of Standard Solar, a solar developer and installer in Rockville, Md. Clifford buys a majority of his panels from Suntech and other Chinese makers. He argued that U.S. imports of cheaper Chinese solar panels had provided the catalyst for an overall dramatic price reduction in the last two years that has made solar installations more affordable for homes and businesses. Clifford said the cost of outfitting a typical home today with solar panels runs about $20,000 — half of what it did two to three years ago. Customers also benefit from a 30% tax credit until 2016. That doesn't give the solar industry much time to become cost competitive with electric power, he said. The tariffs would apply to Chinese-made solar cells, regardless of where the panels are made. Chinese solar energy companies could avoid the tariffs by shifting production of solar cells to nearby countries, then bringing those cells to China for assembly into panels." [/QUOTE]

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