What Does ‘Made in America’ Mean? In Green Energy, Billions Hinge on the Answer
Virginia-based power company
AES Corp.
says it is ready to push the button on a solar-panel order of more than $1 billion if a manufacturer will commit to building a factory in the U.S.If that factory gets built, AES can buy its panels and apply for federal subsidies recently made available to clean-energy developers that use equipment made in the U.S. There is one problem: The government hasn’t decided what “made in the U.S.” means, and how strictly to define it.
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