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1. whazor+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-04-08 17:19:30
Solar panels are also produced in USA. The producers might increase their prices but so might oil/gas/other energy companies.
replies(2): >>SalmoS+F6 >>relaxi+YI
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2. SalmoS+F6[view] [source] 2025-04-08 17:54:20
>>whazor+(OP)
They’re simply not as good as the Chinese ones.
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3. relaxi+YI[view] [source] 2025-04-08 22:08:39
>>whazor+(OP)
Last I looked 100% of the US manufacturers were assembling panels with silicon from China.

Maybe some domestic monocrystalline wafer production has come online recently? Curious if anyone has updated info.

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4. tim333+3J[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-04-08 22:09:28
>>SalmoS+F6
Still if the US does keep 100% tariffs then probably people will switch.
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5. Gud+w41[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-04-09 02:10:45
>>relaxi+YI
Must have been a long time since you looked then.

https://www.firstsolar.com/

replies(1): >>relaxi+sr3
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6. ben_w+yM1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-04-09 11:40:44
>>tim333+3J
Not if Chinese PV is half the price per watt.

One must also consider if the raw materials to produce the PV in the USA are supplied domestically, without tariffs, which doesn't appear to be the case in general.

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7. relaxi+sr3[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-04-09 20:20:57
>>Gud+w41
Poor wording on my part. I was only looking at residential panels, hence the note about Si wafers.
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