The industry firmly believes that increased panel pricing will largely affect workers in the industry while a minor portion of manufacturing will benefit from the hike.

Solar Foundation President Andrea Luecke, said in a statement, “After six years of rapid and steady growth, the solar industry faced headwinds that led to a dip in employment in 2017, including a slowdown in the pace of new solar installations.”

The Foundation carried out a survey which reports 86% of solar companies reveal tariff would severely affect their business; and 71% of companies have realised the negative impact from 2017 tariff, prior to Trump’s announcement.

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