Solar Energy

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced on Monday that President Trump has approved substantial import tariffs on solar cells and modules. But if one wants the U.S. to install more solar cells, the tariffs will not help as they raise the price for this cleaner form of energy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Why the heck would we tax solar panel imports?

January 23, 2018 6:39 pm

Photovoltaic modules sit on a factory rooftop in Germany, where many of the company's primary investors are from. (Martin Leissl/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

A dangerous precedent on trade, brought to you by solar panel tariffs

Bryan Riley -

January 23, 2018 3:03 am

This was a very short-sighted decision. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Trump imposes tariffs on solar panels

Josh Siegel -

January 22, 2018 10:05 pm

The Ohio Conservative Energy Forum released a statewide poll aimed at voters who identify as either Republican or conservative that showed the respondents are keen on green energy, but the wording was deceptive. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Look out for this left-leaning environmental group posing as conservatives

Kevin Mooney -

January 18, 2018 9:45 pm

Energy and Environment

Solar industry makes last-minute plea to Trump

John Siciliano -

January 17, 2018 11:33 pm

Poorly conceived tariffs will not usher in a new era of solar manufacturing jobs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Economy

Why Trump should reject solar tariffs and save American jobs

David Bywater -

January 17, 2018 5:01 am

More than 80 percent of the subcontinent's electricity comes from power plants that require freshwater cooling, which presents a problem since a lack of water was the prime culprit for some power plants shutting down over the last five years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Energy and Environment

India ground zero in fight between water and energy

John Siciliano -

January 16, 2018 6:00 am

The U.S. could re-engage on the Environmental Goods Agreement announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2014. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Amid chaos at WTO, environmental goods offer Trump an opportunity

Clark Packard -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to deploy 1,500 megawatts of energy storage by 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Energy and Environment

New York pushes energy storage to solve renewable power’s biggest problem

Josh Siegel -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

One of the two companies who have asked the Trump administration to impose tariffs on imported solar panels is Solar World Americas, a subsidiary of German company Solar World AG that is currently in bankruptcy. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

‘Drain the swamp’ means not giving in to a Democratic megadonor’s demands

Horace Cooper -

January 9, 2018 4:46 pm

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Tag: Solar Energy

Why the heck would we tax solar panel imports?

A dangerous precedent on trade, brought to you by solar panel tariffs

Trump imposes tariffs on solar panels

Look out for this left-leaning environmental group posing as conservatives

Solar industry makes last-minute plea to Trump

Why Trump should reject solar tariffs and save American jobs

India ground zero in fight between water and energy

Amid chaos at WTO, environmental goods offer Trump an opportunity

New York pushes energy storage to solve renewable power’s biggest problem

‘Drain the swamp’ means not giving in to a Democratic megadonor’s demands

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