Solar Panel Tariff Update

Protecting american solar jobs act was submitted on april 18 2018 by congresswoman jacky rosen of nevada.

Solar panel tariff update.

7 2018 and affect crystalline silicon cells modules and ac integrated modules. May 28 2020 update. The second year will see a 25 tariff the third year will be 20 and the final year will have a 15 tariff. Reuters president donald trump s tariff on imported solar panels has led u s.

As of september 19th the following products were excluded from the import duties. Court of international trade has ruled that bifacial solar panels will continue to enter the country tariff free. Ustr strongly disagrees with judge katzmann s analysis. The tariffs are expected to take effect feb.

In january the u s. These products will be tariffed 30 during the first year of the four year outline. Trade representative ustr announced 30 tariffs on all imported solar panels. The bipartisan bill proposes reversing the 30 percent solar tariffs approved by president trump in january.

The tariff covers both imported solar cells a key input to manufacturing solar panels and solar modules otherwise known as solar panels. An update on the solar tariffs. A feed in tariff is a payment you can get if you generate your own electricity eg with solar panels or a wind turbine and you can also sell energy back to the grid. The move based on a so called 201 case requiring proof of serious harm from unfair global competition put tariffs on 8 5 billion in solar modules and cells starting at 30 in year one and.

Judge katzmann of the court of international trade blocked ustr from closing the bifacial panel exception. Statement from the ustr. Find out how to apply. International trade commission itc after two solar manufacturers suniva and solarworld filed a petition seeking tariffs.

This caused a lot of concern for not only large scale and residential solar projects but also smaller industrial systems using small solar panels. In the case of mid sized solar pv systems that trigger point hasn t been reached for the last nine months and therefore the feed in tariff has remained unchanged. The cuts will impact on solar panel installations between 50kw 5mw and will see 50 150kw capacity drop to 11 10p kwh installations of 150 250kw fall to 10 62p kwh and 250kwh to 5mw capacity drop to 6 85p kwh from 1 may to 1 july. Trade representative this tariff will last for four years and will fall by 5 annually dropping to a 15 tariff in 2021.

This decision came on the heels of a nearly 9 month case before the u s.