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“We cannot line China’s pockets with US taxpayer dollars” – First Solar CEO says IRA needs trade defence to succeed

2024-03-14

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First Solar CEO Mark Widmar has said that the US solar manufacturing industry “remains in a precarious position, despite the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)”.

Giving evidence in a US Senate Finance Committee hearing yesterday, the CEO of cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar emphasised the importance of effective trade protections, to ensure that the stimulatory tax credits in the IRA have long-lasting effects for the solar manufacturing industry.

(The above content is reproduced from pv-tech,By Will Norman)

 

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