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\"Sunpower<\/p>\n

SunPower’s president and CEO isn’t particularly happy with the Trump Administration’s recent attempt to help “Make America Great Again” through punitive duties on imported cells and solar panels.<\/p>\n

In comments accompanying SunPower’s fourth quarter and FY 2017 results, Tom Werner said the firm was feeling the effects of President Donald Trump’s solar tax<\/a>\/solar tariffs<\/a>. The so-called “safeguard duty” consists of a 30% tariff on imported solar cells and panels for the first year, then drops to 25% in the second, 20% in the third and reduces to 15% in the fourth year.<\/p>\n

While SunPower has its headquarters in the USA, its manufacturing capacity is in Malaysia, the Philippines, Mexico and China<\/a>. Mexico is part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), but hasn’t been excluded from the tariffs.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, we are already seeing a negative near-term impact from the ruling as the increased costs due to import tariffs have delayed certain 2018 projects and made other projects uneconomical,” said<\/a> Mr. Werner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SunPower isn’t giving up on finding a way to dodge the duties and is scrutinising a product exclusion process published last week.<\/p>\n

“We will continue to work through this process with the Administration to convey that only SunPower can make a copper-plated, interdigitated back contact solar cells and that with an exclusion, SunPower can further invest in research and development to improve on its market-leading efficiency and performance while demonstrating America’s continuing leadership in solar energy innovation,” stated Mr. Werner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New U.S. Jobs On Hold<\/h2>\n

Mr. Werner also stated the company has put its planned USD $20 million<\/span> U.S. employment expansion on hold – perhaps an in-your-face to Trump’s assertion the tariffs would create jobs and something to dangle regarding a potential exclusion – and is looking at other significant cost saving initiatives.<\/p>\n

SunPower is no fly-by-night, bargain-basement cell\/module manufacturer; it’s widely regarded as one of the best in the world. The quality is reflected in the price of SunPower solar panels, so the duty added to existing cut-throat competition is particularly unwelcome.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the company’s products, SQ blogger Ronald’s introductory post on SunPower<\/a> is well worth a read, and you can also check out SunPower solar panel reviews<\/a> from Australian customers who have had the modules installed.<\/p>\n

The tariffs were the result of an investigation by the USA’s International Trade Commission (ITC), based on a petition from Suniva and later joined by SolarWorld<\/a> that claimed increased imports of solar panels and cells were a substantial cause of serious injury to the nation’s domestic industry.<\/p>\n

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) says<\/a> the decision to introduce the tariffs will effectively will cause the loss of approximately 23,000 American jobs in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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In January last year, U.S. President Donald Trump implemented punitive tariffs of as much as 30 percent on imported solar cells and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bifacial solar panels","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bifacial-solar-tariffs.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bifacial-solar-tariffs.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bifacial-solar-tariffs.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bifacial-solar-tariffs.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bifacial-solar-tariffs.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22469,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-solarstratos-stratosphere-mb0639\/","url_meta":{"origin":19379,"position":5},"title":"SunPower Cells To Fly High On SolarStratos","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"June 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"SunPower has announced it is the solar cell provider for the next-generation SolarStratos - a solar powered plane that aims to be the first to cruise the Earth's stratosphere. 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