Importing solar panels from China is a security risk. Like when Europe depended on Russian gas...
Edit: US has no competitive way to manufacture panels, and with cheap imports, it never develops such industry!
Edit: US has no competitive way to manufacture panels, and with cheap imports, it never develops such industry!
We should look to non Chinese suppliers strategically, but they can't remote shutdown panels in an instant like Russia can stop a flow of gas.
Ther rated lifespan for a solar panel is on the order of 20-30 years, but they're still producing 70-80% of their output after that time. They last a very long time - if not destroyed from above.
Unless war compels it. But there's no Nordstream of solar panels that can be shut down in the meanwhile.