New Federal Tariffs Can’t Stop US Solar Industry, But States Still Can

Clean Technica: Just a couple of months ago, renewable energy advocates warned that President* Trump’s new solar tariff would kill off 80,000 jobs in the US solar industry this year. Whelp, the 30% tariff on imported photovoltaic panels went into effect on February 7, and new evidence shows that the industry is still alive and kicking. That’s great news as far as the national picture goes. However, when you break it down to the state level, the devil is in the details.

Tariff or not, solar job growth is likely to continue at a healthy clip in some states, but not in others.

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