Solar makers care about profits over US need, renewable CEO says

Invenergy CEO Polsky said petitions seeking new duties on crystalline silicon cells would uniquely benefit First Solar and Hanwha Qcells, while undermining panel-making rivals. — Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: A major renewable developer blasted a push by some US solar manufacturers for new tariffs on imported photovoltaic cells from South-East Asia, calling it a bid to protect their own profits at the expense of clean energy deployment.

Michael Polsky, chief executive officer of Invenergy LLC, said petitions seeking new duties on crystalline silicon cells would uniquely benefit First Solar Inc and Hanwha Qcells USA Inc while undermining panel-making rivals.