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Some US government agencies have joined forces to enhance the cyber security of solar power plants in the country.

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PV Tech of June 24th

In the United States, Democratic members of the House of Representatives have presented a $1.5 trillion economic stimulus package to develop infrastructure. They have included measures in favour of renewable energies: they propose to

The Trump administration will once again withdraw the exclusion it had previously granted to two-sided solar panels. It states that

As part of the $2 trillion US economic rescue package, the

The epidemic is emptying workplaces, but the solar industry (SEIA) argues that it should be exempt from mandatory shutdowns. It relies on emergency orders

Two years after introducing import tariffs on solar cells and panels, the time has come to examine the effects. The U.S. International Trade Commission says they have been enough to stimulate panel production in the United States:

The United States wants to become a battery manufacturing country again, by creating a national energy storage supply chain.

In the past, American manufacturers had created the new energy storage technologies. Now they rely heavily on other countries for their storage equipment. Tesla's car and network batteries use cells from Japanese manufacturer Panasonic.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) wants to create by 2030 "a secure, domestically manufactured supply chain that is independent of foreign sources of critical materials".

Demand for solar energy in the United States remained strong at the end of 2019. It was decided to take advantage of the 30% investment tax credit (ITC), which has been reduced to 26% since 1 January 2020. Without a change in legislation, tax opportunity purchases will continue.

As part of the US Department of Energy's Advanced Research Project (ARPA-E), ten US teams are competing to reduce the cost of storage to less than $0.05 per kWh.

Three of them are developing a flow-through sulphur battery. It is the cheapest system

Le SEIA, syndicat solaire, ardent défenseur de l'absence de droits de douane sur les importations de produits solaires aux Etats-Unis, a publié une analyse particulièrement noire des effets de l'instauration des droits à la suite de l'article 201. Il prétend que les tarifs commerciaux ont empêché

 Un juge à la Cour américaine du Commerce International a émis jeudi une injonction préliminaire ordonnant à l'administration américaine

Certains députés américains au Congrès ont proposé de prolonger le crédit d'impôt à l'investissement solaire (ITC) de

The Trump Administration wanted to go back on the abolition of customs duties for two-sided panels. The trade union SEIA succeeded in temporarily blocking this decision.

PV Tech of 8 November

The United States has just relaunched its investments in research and development. They relate to

230 U.S. mayors from large and small cities are asking Congress to extend the federal tax credit for five years.