Latest News

  • Inflection Point: The State of US PV Solar Manufacturing & What’s Next

    An assessment of current US silicon solar manufacturing capacity and capabilities, benefits from onshoring, and recommendations to facilitate the process.

  • Sen. Ossoff, Colleagues Press Biden Administration to Support U.S. Manufacturing of Strategic Solar Components

  • Rep. Dan Kildee (MI-08) Letter

    Calls on the U.S. Department of Treasury to issue rules for new solar energy tax credits that will support American manufacturing jobs and reduce America’s dependence on the People’s Republic of China for solar components.

  • SEMA 45X Comments

    Submitted February 13, 2024

  • SEMA Coalition Adds Highland Materials and Nexwafe to Membership

    February 14, 2024

  • Solar Manufacturers Coalition Statement on 45X Proposal

    December 14, 2023

  • Solar Market Conditions and Follow up Comments in Four-Year Review of Actions Taken in the Section 301 Investigation

    September 26, 2023

  • PRESS RELEASE - Domestic Solar Manufacturing on the Rise: The Inflation Reduction Act One Year Later

    August 16, 2023

  • SEMA Coalition BLM Leasing for Renewable Energy Comments

    August 15, 2023

  • SEMA Coalition Elective Pay Comments

    August 14, 2023

  • Solar Manufacturers Coalition Statement on Maxeon Solar Plans to Create Cell and Module Production Site in New Mexico

    August 10, 2023

  • Solar Manufacturers Coalition Statement on House Republicans’ Latest Attempt At Clean Energy Tax Credit Repeal

    June 15, 2023

  • Solar Manufacturers Coalition Statement on 48C Advanced Manufacturing Guidance Issued by the U.S. Treasury Department

    June 1, 2023

  • Solar Manufacturers Coalition Statement on Domestic Content Guidance Issued by the U.S. Treasury Department

    May 12, 2023

  • SEMA Coalition Statement on Proposed Clean Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit Repeal

    April 20, 2023

  • SEMA Coalition 301 Comments

    January 13, 2023

  • Statement from Mike Carr, Executive Director of the Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) Coalition

    The Coalition Responds to CubicPV's Announcement of a New Manufacturing Facility

  • Defense Production Act RFI

    November 30, 2022

  • GSA Photovoltaic Systems RFI

    November 18, 2022

  • Response to Treasury IRA RFIs

    11/04/2022

  • Letter to Senate Democratic Caucus from Environmental Groups and Clean Energy Companies

    July 26, 2022

  • Coalition Letter to President Biden

    Letter to President Biden Highlights Tens of Thousands of Jobs Resulting From SEMA

  • Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@publicpowerorg?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">American Public Power Association</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/solar-farm?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=refer

    DOE RFI

    2022 SEMA Coalition submission to DOE RFI on supply chain review

  • Coalition Praises the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act

    July 16, 2021

SEMA Coalition Documents

Solar Manufacturing in the News

  • Wall Street Journal

    Wall Street Journal: Can the U.S. Break China’s Grip on Solar?

    February 12, 2024

  • Why Georgia’s Republican governor has become one of solar’s biggest boosters

    January 29, 2024

  • Flush With Investment, New U.S. Factories Face a Familiar Challenge

    January 15, 2024

  • Qcells’ Georgia plant offers new hope for American-made solar

    January 11, 2024

  • Cheap solar imports undercut U.S. industry, trade group says

    November 13, 2023

  • Insight: US solar panel manufacturing boom threatened by cheap imports

    November 3, 2023

  • First Solar CEO: Reshoring is going extremely well

    November 1, 2023

  • Major solar panel plant opens in US amid backdrop of industry worries about low-priced Asian imports

    October 18, 2023

  • US solar company Suniva to restart idled factory thanks to Biden climate law

    October 11, 2023

  • Manufacturing a solar powered economy

    September 28, 2023

  • This company is at the cutting edge of solar panel efficiency

    September 26, 2023

  • How EV trends turned this town into a 'phenomenal little hub'

    August 21, 2023

  • The U.S. Clean-Energy Company That Hit the Subsidies Jackpot

    July 31, 2023

  • Meyer Burger to establish solar cell manufacturing in Colorado

    July 24, 2023

  • Canada's Heliene plans new US solar panel and cell factory

    July 24, 2023

  • Manufacturing vs. deployment: The clean energy tax-credit conundrum

    June 7, 2023

  • A 15-Year Startup Pins Hopes on Green Subsidies

    June 6, 2023

  • Opinion: The New Climate Law Is Working. Clean Energy Investments are Soaring.

    May 30, 2023

  • What a $1B Okla. deal reveals about solar power

    May 23, 2023

  • Enel will build 3-GW solar cell and module factory in Oklahoma

    May 22, 2023

  • Op-Ed: The Domestic Content Guidance Loses Sight of the Goal to Invest in American Energy Independence

    May 18, 2023

  • Electrek: Oklahoma is about to get one of the largest solar cell factories in the US

    April 27, 2023

  • Department of Energy: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $82 Million Investment to Increase Domestic Solar Manufacturing and Recycling, Strengthen the American Clean Energy Grid

    April 20, 2023

  • Chattanooga Times Free Press: VP Harris visits Dalton, Georgia, as solar cell maker lands its biggest deal, adding 2,500 jobs

    April 6, 2023

  • Bloomberg: US Solar Capacity Gets Boost From $147 Million Hanwha Plant

    March 23, 2023

  • Wall Street Journal: What Does ‘Made in America’ Mean? In Green Energy, Billions Hinge on the Answer

    March 23, 2023

  • Bloomberg: Biden’s Made-in-USA Mandate for Tax Credit Sparks Solar Dispute

    March 21, 2023

  • PV Magazine: US-made solar panels could cut emissions by 30%, says study

    March 20, 2023

  • Silfab to start 1-GW solar cell manufacturing plant in the United States by 2024

    March 8, 2023

  • DOE: Building a Bridge to a More Robust and Secure Solar Energy Supply Chain

    February 23, 2023

  • Utility Dive: With the IRA in place, SEMA eyes next steps to advance US solar manufacturing

    February 22, 2023

  • Solar Power World: Hanwha will buy all of REC Silicon’s polysilicon coming out of Moses Lake for next 10 years

    February 1, 2023

  • New York Times: Korean Solar Company Plans to Build $2.5 Billion Plant in Georgia

    January 11, 2023

  • Axios: 1 big thing: DOE on solar supply risks

    January 05, 2023

  • Wall Street Journal: Bill Gates-Backed Startup Plans Large Solar Power Component Plant

    December 15, 2022

  • DOE: Solar Manufacturing Map

    December 05, 2022

  • CNBC: CLIMATE First Solar selects Alabama for new factory as Inflation Reduction Act prompts domestic manufacturing boom

    November 16, 2022

  • Wall Street Journal: The U.S.’s Struggle to Wean Itself From Chinese Solar Power

    November 15, 2022

  • Reuters: U.S. solar tax credits hike factory activity but supply lines limit growth

    November 10, 2022

  • Axios Atlanta: 1 big thing: A solar win

    August 31, 2022

  • Axios: 1 big thing: U.S. solar factories prepare for liftoff

    August 31, 2022

  • E&E News: Climate law spurs big investment pledge from solar company

    August 30, 2022

  • CNBC: First Solar announces new U.S. panel factory following the Inflation Reduction Act

    August 30, 2022

  • Renewables Now: Meyer Burger lands up-to-5-GW solar module supply contract in US

    August 18, 2022

  • Senator Ossoff: Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Senate Passes Sen. Ossoff’s Legislation to Boost American Solar Manufacturing

    August 08, 2022

  • The Washington Post: How Joe Manchin’s change of heart could revive the U.S. solar industry

    The Washington Post: How Joe Manchin’s change of heart could revive the U.S. solar industry

    July 30, 2022

  • IEA: Executive summary: China currently dominates global solar PV supply chains

    July 11, 2022

  • The New York Times: America Can’t Allow China to Keep Crushing Our Solar Energy Industry

    July 9, 2022

  • S&P Global: A decade into tariffs, US solar manufacturing is still deep in Asia's shadow

    May 23, 2022

  • Solar Builder: Hanwha explains plans for fully U.S.-based solar supply chain

    March 23, 2022

  • Cipher: How America can reclaim its solar manufacturing prowess

    March 23, 2022

  • Huron Daily Tribune: Granholm, Kildee visit Hemlock Semiconductor to promote solar energy

    March 11, 2022

  • Senator Manchin: “We must also increase the manufacturing of energy products, including wind turbines, batteries, solar panels, nuclear materials and technology…”

    March 10, 2022

  • Solar Power World: SEMA Coalition says legislation could lead to 30 GW of domestic solar module manufacturing capacity

    March 07, 2022

  • Forbes: How Biden Gave China The Solar Industry

    February 27, 2022

  • New DOE Report Explores Strategy to Boost Domestic Solar Supply Chain

    February 24, 2022

  • September 29, 2021

    Congressman Kildee Press Release

    September 29, 2021

  • Politico: The Progressive Wall

    September 29, 2021

  • Sen. Jon Ossoff SEMA Press Conference

    September 28, 2021

  • Senator Ossoff Press Release

    September 28, 2021

  • The Hill: Progressive poll finds support for solar energy tax credit legislation

    September 21, 2021

  • Bloomberg Green: U.S. Solar Manufacturers Would Get Tax Credit in Ossoff Bill

    June 21, 2021

  • USA Today: China profits off our passivity. Biden's American Jobs Plan would change that: Granholm

    June 17, 2021

  • Bloomberg Opinion: Biden Fights a New Cold War With Solar Panels

    April 9, 2021

  • Energy Wire: Biden's $2T infrastructure plan would overhaul grid

    March 31, 2021

Op-Eds

  • SEIA

    U.S. Solar Manufacturing Poised for Boom if Energy Tax Incentives Move Ahead

  • RealClear Energy

    Congress Can Tackle Climate Change by Boosting U.S. Cleantech Competitiveness

  • Detroit Free Press

    Bill gives U.S., Michigan an edge in leading solar power growth

  • PV Magazine

    Solar technology was developed in America, now it’s energy for America. Let’s make it here

  • Environmental Defense Fund

    Sen. Ossoff Introduces Legislation to Incentivize American Solar Manufacturing Jobs

Social Media