Bullish the USA solar development - while the policy is not optimistic

Sharply reduce the price of PV systems in the past few years, but in 2012 and 2014 the cumulative effect of the decision of the Ministry of Commerce is to reverse the trend of cost reduction. If you look back to the spring of 2012, you will find the price of silicon component in the range of $ 0.80 to achieve the forecast price 85 / watt and modules at $ 0.55 to 6 yuan / watt range of analysts do not end in 2014, he said, We are nowhere near $ 0.55 to 6 yuan / W, in the United States in July 2014!

Currently, the cost of making the Ministry of Commerce, the US solar industry about $ 0.18 / W - and probably spend more at the beginning of next week. Now passed to the west coast of Mexico line Chinese module costs $ 0.58 / W. Delivered to the US West Coast same module cost American solar installation $ 0.76 / W. If not for a trade war, we can today buy silicon component in the US $ 0.58 / W or less!

A new report by the US Energy Information Administration forecast, by 2040 the new maximum generating capacity in the United States will come from natural gas and renewable energy. 830,000 kilowatts of new renewable energy capacity is forecast, nearly half are expected to come from PV systems.

Today, solar energy is the fastest-growing US renewable energy sources, because the report confirms that this will continue to be years and years to come. Rapid deployment of a national solar energy will create thousands of new American jobs and pump billions of dollars into the US economy, and help to significantly reduce pollution.

Equally important, it will also provide the United States are free to decide how their homes, businesses, schools and government facilities to provide power in the future. The report predicts 60 percent in the next few years all new rooftop solar PV installation will be created to save significantly when it comes to future energy costs.

If there is no trade war with China, the US solar industry will be in a great location by the 2016 end of year trade war with the ongoing cost-competitive with grid power supplied to the grid by 2016 cost-competitive in serious danger in. Lost 30% of the solar investment tax credit is set to achieve cost-competitive solar energy industry back years.

Congress of the International Trade Centre provides the solar industry has proven to be an excellent catalyst for many years to allow a significant industry growth and fantastic cost reduction. Now, with the line of sight of the target industry, and the other branches of government action it is frustrating efforts to reduce costs, and could seriously damage the development of the industry forward. It is time for the government to get collective action to solve this problem before it causes irreversible damage US solar industry. I hope that parents solar Obama can lead the effort to solve this problem.