Will the US-China Trade War Destroy the American Solar Market?

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🗓️ 28 February 2014

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This month, the U.S. government agreed to take up another case against China for its solar trade practices. The complaint was filed by German solar producer SolarWorld, but most of the solar industry agrees that the case could be terrible for the U.S. solar market. So will we reach a settlement? In this week's show, the Energy Gang will debate the consequences of the U.S.-China solar trade war. We're joined by solar expert Shayle Kann, who's been watching the case closely. Also in the show, we'll discuss Tesla's plans for a battery mega-factory and the meaning behind its secret conversations with Apple. And finally, we'll ask whether the "valley of death" is getting any smaller for cleantech entrepreneurs. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	For the week of February 27th, 2014, this is the Energy Gang from Green Tech Media. media. a senior editor at Green Tech Media with you.
0:23.0	Sorry, we missed you all last week.
0:25.0	We had some travel schedules and we had to skip the show.
0:28.0	But we're all together once again,
0:30.0	and we've got a lot of news that's piled up for us to discuss.
0:33.4	Here in DC to help us get through it is Catherine Hamilton the founder of the
0:37.4	clean energy public policy consulting firm 38 North Solutions.
0:41.4	Catherine how are things this week? They're just great. I'm
0:44.9	sorry we missed a week but I got to celebrate my birthday and we had two days
0:48.8	of spring followed by two snows. And what better way to celebrate your birthday than when the
0:54.8	energy gang so you must have been quite upset that you didn't have us with you? I
0:58.8	did I was desolate. And in New York City it's our other co-host, Jigger Shaw. He is a clean tech investor and founder of Sun Edison.
1:08.0	Jigger, what's happening in New York?
1:10.0	Well, you know, so much good stuff, you know, the Green Bank launched and so you've got a lot of folks buzzing about that, but New York City is always New York. It's always lively and interesting.
1:20.5	Well, we'll hope to get some updates from you as the Green Bank starts rolling out.
1:24.5	Before we begin, I do want to remind folks about an upcoming live show that we're putting together
1:29.6	on April 1st. We'll be at the Building Energy Summit in Washington talking intelligent efficiency.
1:35.6	That's going to be a one day event with a lively discussion about all things, building efficiency,
1:41.1	and I hope you can join us. More details are at 2014.
1:45.0	Building Energy Summit.com.
1:48.0	Today, however, we are talking solar or more dramatically the solar trade wars and our good friend Shale Khan the
1:54.9	senior VP of GTM research is on the line from Boston to help us understand the
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