មន្ត្រីសេតវិមានត្រូវបានគេរាយការណ៍ថាព្រួយបារម្ភថាការស៊ើបអង្កេតបន្ទះសូឡារបស់ពាណិជ្ជកម្មកំពុងរារាំងរបៀបវារៈថាមពលស្អាត

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Biden Administration officials are voicing increasing frustration about a recently launched Commerce Department probe into imported solar panels, according to the ស៊ីនតោនប៉ុស្តិ៍, which the solar industry says has disrupted hundreds of solar installation projects across the country and threatens to derail the White House’s clean energy goals.

ការពិតសំខាន់

The Commerce Department launched an investigation on April 1 into panel makers in four southeast Asian countries, after a small California-based panel maker, Auxin Solar, petitioned the department to investigate whether the companies were fronts for Chinese manufacturers seeking to avoid U.S. tariffs by shipping from other nations.

The specter of penalties has significantly impacted solar development across the U.S., with 80% of American solar companies saying the probe has threatened at least half of projects planned for this year, according to the ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍, citing an industry survey.

The Biden Administration’s goal of halving the price of solar power by 2030, making it the cheapest energy source, is also in jeopardy.

Officials like Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and White House climate envoy John Kerry are among those who have internally expressed qualms about the investigation, according to the ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍, while industry leaders have publicly bemoaned the investigation on numerous occasions.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has pushed back at White House and industry pressure, saying she can’t intervene since the probe is designed to be an independent investigation that could យក up to one year.

សម្រង់សំខាន់

“I can’t take any shortcuts here because we have to pursue the investigation in compliance with the law,” Raimondo told Bloomberg television on Friday.

សាវតាសំខាន់

Auxin Solar founder Mamun Rashid told the ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍ his company’s been blackballed by the industry for initiating the probe with its February petition. Rashid argues the “vitriol” in response to his complaint is a strong sign there’s “cheating” going on through the import of Chinese products from southeast Asia. Tariffs were levied on Chinese solar panels during the Obama Administration over concerns that products subsidized by the Chinese government were flooding the U.S. market. The investigation also came after a bipartisan group of 13 House lawmakers sent a លិខិត to Raimondo urging her to look into whether “Chinese solar companies are circumventing” laws.

ប្រធានរិះគន់

Abigail Ross Hopper, the president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, told the ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍ the solar industry is going to be “building less than during the Trump years” because of the investigation, a fact she called “hard to explain.”

លេខធំ

318. That’s how many solar projects have been canceled or delayed in the U.S. recently, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.

តង់ហ្សង់។

ប្រភពនីស បានប្រកាស Wednesday it would delay the closure of an Indiana coal plant for two years, claiming the move came as a direct result of the solar panel investigation. The company cited concerns about having enough solar capacity to replace the facility’s energy production.

អានបន្ថែម

White House alarmed that Commerce probe is ‘smothering’ solar industry (វ៉ាស៊ីនតោនប៉ុស្តិ៍)

U.S. utility NiSource to delay coal plant shutdown due to solar market freeze (Reuters)

តើ​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​របស់​លោក Biden ពិត​ជា​ដាក់​ទណ្ឌកម្ម​ថាមពល​ព្រះអាទិត្យ​នៅ​អាស៊ី​មែន​ទេ? (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)