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Solar Has New Way to Duck Trump's Tariffs: Two-Sided Panels
- Trump administration exempted bifacial panels from tariffs
- Move comes as industry seeks way to blunt tariff’s impacts
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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The solar industry has a new way of ducking the Trump administration’s tariffs on its imports: two-sided panels.
The U.S. Trade Representative said in a notice made public Wednesday that it’s granting an to solar duties for bifacial panels, ones that can generate power on both sides. The carve-out is a win for both Asian manufacturers including JinkoSolar Holding Co., LG Electronics Inc. and Hanwha Q Cells Co. and big U.S. solar-farm developers that can easily switch over to using them.