The Trump administration on Wednesday will announce the authorization of a roughly 3,000-acre solar farm near Palm Springs, California, after developers scaled back its size to help avoid threatened desert tortoises and cultural artifacts. First Solar Inc.’s 450-megawatt Desert Quartzite project in eastern Riverside County has been praised by some environmentalists for its careful design […]
Vietnam to Punish Firms for Trade Fraud in China-Product Probe
Vietnam will punish four companies for fraudulent labels on products from China that the firms claim were made locally, as authorities expand their crackdown into Chinese manufacturers trying to bypass U.S. tariffs. The unidentified companies, which assemble bicycles, electric bikes and wooden shelves, admitted to the violations, according to a government statement. Vietnam’s customs department […]
Whiplash: Bifacial Solar Modules to Retain US Tariff Exemption
In a win for project developers, a court blocked the Trump administration from withdrawing a tariff exemption for imported bifacial solar modules. A court has blocked the Trump administration’s decision in October to take away the tariff exemptions it granted bifacial solar modules earlier this year, offering a reprieve for U.S. solar developers — and […]
Solar May Not Get Relief From Trump’s Tariffs Soon After All
The solar industry may not catch the break from U.S. import tariffs that it was counting on next year. The duties imposed by the Trump administration last year currently stand at 25% and were scheduled to fall to 20% in 2020. But the Washington-based trade group Solar Energy Industries Association warned on Tuesday that the […]
Trump promotes pulling U.S. from Paris climate accord in speech touting ‘America First’
PITTSBURGH/WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump on Wednesday affirmed plans to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, less than two weeks before his administration can formally start the process. At an energy conference in Pittsburgh, Trump touted surging U.S. natural gas and crude oil output, his efforts to roll back regulations on […]
President Trump’s windmill hatred is a worry for booming industry
Land-based turbines are rising by the thousands across America, from the remote Texas plains to farm towns of Iowa BLOCK ISLAND: The winds are blowing fair for America’s wind power industry, making it one of the fastest-growing U.S. energy sources. Land-based turbines are rising by the thousands across America, from the remote Texas plains to […]
Trump’s Tariffs Drag Down U.S. Solar Industry, Developer Says
President Donald Trump’s trade barriers are driving up prices for U.S. solar power and holding back development, according to Kevin Smith, Lightsource BP’s chief executive officer for the Americas. The San Francisco-based solar developer is paying as much as 60% more for solar panels it’s using in the U.S., compared with costs for projects in […]
Trump Says He’s Unwilling to Risk U.S. Energy Wealth for Windmill ‘Dreams’
President Donald Trump scoffed yet again at a source of electricity championed by his own energy secretary, saying wind power doesn’t work “all that well.”“We’re the No. 1 energy producer in the world,” Trump said at the end of a summit of Group of Seven in Biarritz, France. “I’m not going to lose that wealth […]
Trump White House seeks to assuage farmer unrest over biofuel policy: sources
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump’s administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after its decision this month to allow numerous oil refiners to mix less ethanol into their gasoline, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Trump held a two-hour meeting on Monday with members of his Cabinet […]
Greenland cold-shoulders Donald Trump’s reported buyer’s wish
Donald Trump has expressed interest in the self-governing part of Denmark — which is mostly covered in ice The US’s northern-most military base, Thule Air Base, has been located on Greenland for decades Greenland is not for sale, the mineral-rich island said Friday, after a newspaper reported that US President Donald Trump was asking advisers […]