Trump Administration Planning New Tariffs on Solar Materials
What’s newThe Trump administration is planning to impose tariffs of at least 15% on imported polysilicon and set minimum prices on many parts of the solar supply chain.Polysilicon is the ultra-purified silicon (basically refined sand, made from quartz) that gets sliced into wafers, built into cells, and assembled into the solar panels on your roof.It’s also a key ingredient in the computer chips inside your phone and laptop. Right now, China makes the vast majority of the world’s Polysilicon.Here’s the Trump Administration’s plan to make sure more solar is made here in the U.S., based on…
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