So a solar panel will make many times more energy than it takes to make it.
China to build solar panels in us.
Even ten years ago this study said it takes about 2 years of energy generation to pay back the energy used to make the solar panel.
For example sunpower has its headquarters inside the us but manufactures in china and the philippines and they have been the worldwide top brand for several years.
The solar power station plans being contemplated by china include the launch of small to medium sized solar power projects in the stratosphere to generate electricity between 2021 and 2025.
Instead it partnered with a us based energy company which turned out to be nextera energy.
Solar grade polysilicon is the major building block for not only solar panels but also for the semiconductor industry making it an important resource internationally.
If your main concern is made in china then you have a long and step life learning curve ahead of you.
The effort is partially a pr campaign as china.
Then it makes energy with no energy cost at all for the rest of its life.
China aims to build solar energy plant in space.
Chinese manufacturing company jinko solar announced that it would build a manufacturing plant in the us in january 2018 ahead of trump s announced solar import tariffs.
What zeke said is 100 true i worked for a solar cell company in mountain view with manufacturing plant in china we sold cells to most of the major solar panels brands globally.
Dan november 22 2019 at 11 34 pm.
And they appear to be getting the message.
1 53pm mar 4 2019.
In a display of china s commitment to ramping up renewable energy resources the country just finished a 250 acre solar farm in the shape of a panda.
A challenge in the us is the influence of energy companies for which ssp would be a disruptive technology he says.
During the trade war china imposed tariffs on imported polysilicon from american manufacturers effectively shutting out us producers from one of the largest markets in the world.