Over the last few weeks, a lot of attention in the solar world has been on CASM (aka the Coalition of American Solar Manufacturers). This group, led by SolarWorld and six other anonymous companies, is employing a dangerous strategy by using a lawsuit to slow down the amount solar being imported from China. We at Southern Energy Management do not support this action. In fact, SEM has joined a growing list of more than 100 industry leaders as part of the newly-formed Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE), whose sole purpose is (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘buy american’
PV Protectionism: CASM’s Dangerous Strategy
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Buy American…Who Cares? I Do.
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011I read an interesting blog post recently, talking about how “Buy American” clauses for the US military are more talk than action; the title even said “Who Cares?” While I agree that it certainly isn’t the biggest driver for more home-grown production, I strongly believe that steps like this are important.
First of all, the post dismisses the impact of (more…)
