[RE-wrenches] Solar tariffs

2012-05-24 Thread William Korthof
I haven't seen much discussion about the tariffs, but I think the current plan is really an outrage. I've toured the SolarWorld factory twice and used many of their modules---I'd like to see US Solar manufacturers succeed, but I've also toured Chinese factories, and I'm thoroughly impressed by how

Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar tariffs

2012-05-24 Thread jay peltz
Hi William, Here is something else for you to stew about. The premise is that only China subsidizes its solar and we don't. In fact we do by our tax breaks for systems. So we don't at the point of manufacture, but we do for installs. In my view this is a direct subsidy, we just do it a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar tariffs

2012-05-24 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. There has been a discussion on the RE-Markets list, which is the right place for this. There you will find some folks knowledgeable on policy in addition to hands-on wrenches. Thanks. I haven't seen much discussion about the tariffs, but I think the current plan is really an