[RE-wrenches] Evergreen - now what?

[Mark Frye]

Very interesting questions Jeff.  What exactly do we mean when we say "USA
products".
 
I use Sharp exclusively.  I believe the silicon ingots are grown in Russia.
They are sliced and doped in China. But they are assembled into modules in
Tennesse.
 
Does this make it a product of the USA? If not, should I stop using Sharp.
But what about all those jobs in Tennesse?
 
Mark Frye 
Berkeley Solar Electric Systems 
303 Redbud Way 
Nevada City,  CA 95959 
(530) 401-8024 
 <http://www.berkeleysolar.com/> www.berkeleysolar.com  
 

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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Yago
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 7:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Evergreen - now what?



We are currently waiting on a stack of Evergreen modules (which are now very
late to ship!) and we were getting ready to order another batch, so does
this mean we should be looking into another supplier?  
 
We try very hard to buy USA products, but that is getting harder and harder
to do.  It looks like its now just SolarWorld in California. What other
module manufacturers are still actually making their modules in US and not
importing from China.
 
Jeff Yago
DTI SolarNet
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