President Donald Trump signed a Section 201 trade action this afternoon that places a 30 percent tariff on imported photovoltaic solar cells.

With a final decision just weeks away in the Section 201 solar trade case, President Trump’s top trade adviser held a public hearing on the matter last week.

As an increasing number of homes add solar power, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) offers a way to determine the value of a solar system on a residential property.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - Representatives from all segments of the solar industry, including American manufacturers, testified in a remedy hearing last week before the U.S. International Trade Commission following an ITC ruling that a flood of solar panel imports from abroad had hurt the U.S. industry.

WASHINGTON, September 20, 2017 - The Energy Department (DOE) says it has achieved the 2020 utility-scale solar cost target – 6 cents per kilowatt-hour – set by its SunShot Initiative, a national effort to drive down the cost of solar electricity.

WASHINGTON, September 13, 2017 - The U.S. solar market continued its years-long expansion in the second quarter of 2017 as the industry installed 2,387 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaics (PV), the largest total in a second quarter to date.

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2017 - The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) estimates 88,000 jobs could be lost if Suniva gets trade protections proposed in its petition with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).