Source: marketwatch.com
Síneoidh an tUachtarán Joe Biden taraifí ré Trump ar threalamh gréine allmhairithe faoi cheithre bliana, ach mar chomhartha do shuiteálaithe gréine intíre, mhaolaigh sé na téarmaí chun teicneolaíocht painéil a úsáidtear níos mó i dtionscadail mhóra SAM a eisiamh.
The decision, announced by a top administration official to the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets Friday, reflects the Biden administration's challenge to support American union labor, but accept the often cheaper overseas-made components that could help propel the U.S. to its ambitious zero-emissions goals.
Reducing or eliminating the tariffs was heavily pushed by U.S. solar installers, while the U.S. makers of solar components said they still needed the trade boost to remain competitive with overseas, mostly Asian, competition. Other renewable-energy interests have said access to cheaper solar manufacturing is necessary to keep the energy source more attractive than traditional fossil fuels, such as oil CL00,
Díolmhaítear painéil dhé-éadan leis an síneadh ceithre bliana ar an taraif atá in ann leictreachas a ghiniúint ar an dá thaobh agus a bhfuil forbróirí ar mhórscála i bhfabhar leo. Tá an teicneolaíocht ar fáil níos éasca díreach san am ó chuir an riarachán roimhe seo na taraifí i bhfeidhm ar dtús.
The extension also doubles the import quota on solar cells — the main components of panels — to 5 gigawatts, and opens a pathway for duty-free supply from neighboring Canada and Mexico, the Journal reported.
Lean an t-iarUachtarán Trump ar ghníomh trádála 1974 le haghaidh na dtaraifí, a socraíodh le dul in éag ar 6 Feabhra. Thosaigh na taraifí ag 30 faoin gcéad agus laghdaigh siad go 15 faoin gcéad sa bhliain deiridh.
Dúirt Coimisiún Trádála Idirnáisiúnta SAM i mí na Samhna, tar éis athbhreithniú trí mhí, go raibh na taraifí fós riachtanach chun dochar do thionscal déantúsaíochta gréine na SA a chosc.
Broader solar trade groups countered that the continuation of the tariffs would threaten Biden's goal to dramatically expand clean energy ICLN,
Thug na daoine a bhí i gcoinne na taraifí a shíneadh faoi deara go bhfuil praghsanna intíre painéil ghréine anois i measc na gceann is airde ar domhan agus go mór os cionn an mheáin dhomhanda.
De réir an Chomhlachais um Thionscail Fuinneamh Gréine (SEIA), tá na taraifí gréine seo tar éis níos mó ná 62 post fuinnimh ghlan Meiriceánach a chailleadh agus ní raibh tionchar acu ar fhás post SAM sa réimse seo.
Current domestic production of solar panels only meets 15 percent of the U.S. solar demand, they said. Nearly 90 percent of workers in the domestic solar industry work in non-manufacturing jobs — from installation and maintenance to operations, distribution and development — and rely on the availability of "affordable" solar panels, the trade group says.
Bhí an Seanadóir Jacky Rosen, Daonlathach ó Nevada, atá i gcoinne an síneadh taraife, sásta gur thug an riarachán aird ar an nglaoch chun painéil dé-éadan a eisiamh agus méadú ar líon na gceall gréine allmhairithe incheadaithe.
But, Rosen said, she "will continue working to strengthen solar industry jobs in Nevada and across the country by boosting American manufacturing and fighting to end these misguided solar tariffs, including through legislation."
Biden has pledged to set the U.S. on course toward net-zero emissions by 2050 and an even more ambitious marker of astuithe SAM a laghdú ina leath faoi dheireadh na deich mbliana seo. Ach agus é ag brú ar fhuinneamh in-athnuaite agus dreasachtaí feithicle leictreacha, dúirt sé freisin go gcaithfear tús áite a thabhairt do phoist sna Stáit Aontaithe agus go háirithe do phoist cheardchumainn.
