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solar and storage industry strongly supports onshoring a domestic clean energy supply chain, and todays guidance will supplement the manufacturing renaissance that began when the historic Inflation Reduction Act passed last summer, she said.
Congressional Republicans have already targeted the Biden administrations climate legislation, saying that it fails to set tough guidelines against manufacturing in China and that it may funnel federal dollars to Chineseowned companies that have set up in the United States.
The Biden administration is also dispensing funding to build up the semiconductor and electric vehicle battery industries.
Abigail Ross Hopper, the chief executive of the Solar Energy Industries Association, said the guidance was an important step forward that would spark a flood of investment in Americanmade clean energy equipment and components.
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operations of Chinese solar companies.
In a congressional hearing on April 25, Representative Jason Smith, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, pointed to the Florida facilities of JinkoSolar, a Chineseowned manufacturer, as being eligible for federal tax credits.