Solar power and energy storage developers are once again pressing the U.S. Commerce Dept. to reject a petition for anti-circumvention tariffs on components from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, which are accused of assembling panels and other products from banned Chinese parts, with minimal alternations, and shipping finished products to the U.S.
The pressure comes as two new manufacturing plants were announced in the U.S. this month, and others are on the drawing board, intended to boost a very fledgling American industry, with financial incentives from the federal government.