<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>These <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">anti-solar </span>tariffs are awful! </div><div><br></div><div>What a horrible disappointment--- they won't revive a dead horse (domestic PV manufacturing already folded), BP already closed its solar division, Evergreen/Astropower/countless others already folded, they won't protect Solar World (which isn't even a US company)---- </div><div>but they will hurt consumers: </div><div>-drive solar businesses out of the marketplace and out of business </div><div>-less competition and fewer options in the market = lower quality and higher prices </div><div>-lack of product </div><div>-lack of replacement product </div><div>-aftermarket warranty support for solar will evaporate </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>/wk<div><br></div><div>William Korthof</div><div>714.875.3576</div><div>Sustainable Solutions</div><div>#956904</div></div><div><br>On Apr 25, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Jason Szumlanski <<a href="mailto:jason@fafcosolar.com">jason@fafcosolar.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I heard Canadian Solar prices are on the rise, and supply will be "tight and uncertain." Korean made panels were recommended as an alternative.</div>
<br><div id="WISESTAMP_SIG_gmail_session"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0 0 8px 0"><p style="margin:0"><span><span>Jason Szumlanski</span></span></p><p style="margin:0">
</p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">Fafco Solar</div><br> <p></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div><img src="https://wisestamp.appspot.com/pixview.gif?p=chrome&v=3.31.0&t=1398437817077&u=d0c775731865b324" width="1" height="1"></div>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:42 AM, William Dorsett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wmdorsett@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">wmdorsett@sbcglobal..net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I was recently told by a distributor that beginning perhaps as early as mid-May, that a number of Chinese manufacturers will stop shipping to the U.S. This is response to the solar tariffs imposed by the U.S. Does anyone know which specific manufacturers have announced discontinuing shipments and how this will tighten up the supply to U.S. installers…and thereby price?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Bill Dorsett<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Sunwrights<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Manhattan, KS<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kirk Herander<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 25, 2014 7:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] high efficiency modules in U.S.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Now that it appears Sanyo/Panasonic is no longer available, and Sunpower distribution is tightly controlled, what other high-efficiency alternatives are U.S.-available? Thanks.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Kirk Herander<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">VT Solar, LLC <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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