The high-efficiency solar maker asks for Section 201 action to include First Solar's thin film products, but to exclude its back contact crystalline silicon solar as a unique product.The Section 201 case has had a number of twists and turns, and it is certainly not bringing out the best in our industry. But the news last week that First Solar has come out in support of Suniva and SolarWorld's call for trade action on domestically produced cells and modules is matched only by SunPower's post-hearing brief, which calls for any trade action to include First Solar's products.
The irony here is a little heavy, in that SunPower, whose VP of Market Strategy and Policy is is SEIA board chair and who has been filing briefs jointly with SEIA*, would seek to extend any trade action to one of the biggest sources of modules for the U.S. utility-scale sector. SEIA and SunPower have maintained that any such trade action will significantly damage the solar market - including in the SunPower brief cited here.
At best, it appears that there has been some difficulty keeping everyone on the same page in terms of messaging. In a response to pv magazine, SEIA brushed off the concern that one of its most influential members has expressed a position that appears to conflict with its own.
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