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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>And just to add to the mix, while Evergreen is
moving to China, Sanyo is moving some production to Mexico:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Calibri>"SANYO Energy S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of SANYO
Electric Co. Ltd., has officially opened and started production in Nuevo Leon,
Mexico. The plant is assembling SANYO's HIT (Heterjunction with Intrinsic
Thin-layer) solar modules at a capacity of 50 MW annually, with the assembled
panels to be used in installations..."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>..................................................................................................<BR>Northern
Arizona Wind & Sun - Electricity From The Sun Since 1979<BR>Solar Discussion
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href="http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/">http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/</A><BR>..................................................................................................</DIV>
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<A title=nicksoleilsolar@yahoo.com
href="mailto:nicksoleilsolar@yahoo.com">Nick Soleil</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 06, 2009 1:58
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Evergreen to
China, What is American made?</DIV>
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This thread is hilarious and tragic. What started a couple days ago as
an attempt to desperately find a source for US made modules lead the group to
discuss the always American made Evergreen, but mid-thread (yesterday)
Evergreen announces that they are moving their assembly to China. So
what now Bob-O, Mexico may be better than China, but is China better than
China?<BR> So what now? I use BP mostly, which always
provided American made options, and we would sell those to the Buy-American
crowd. However, beginning a couple months back, those American lines
began getting 'Made in China' stickers too, (with no notice to
us.) One of my customer's was pissed when he saw that sticker after
paying extra for American made.<BR> There is Unisolar in the
US. Does First Solar manufacture in the US?<BR>
<DIV> Honestly, I am glad that panel prices have come
down so far, sorry if that is making life hard for Evergreen and other
manufacturers, but solar should be more affordable. If all the
manufactureres move to China, then atleast my competitors can't use American
Made as a selling point against me. Now instead, they can remind
customers that the BP in BP Solar stands for British Petroleum. "Yes, it
is the same company as the oil company."<BR></DIV>Nick Soleil<BR>Project
Manager<BR>Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC<BR>PO Box
657<BR>Petaluma, CA 94953<BR>Cell: 707-321-2937<BR>Office:
707-789-9537<BR>Fax: 707-769-9037
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