SEIA issues new protocol to foster ethical solar supply chains pv-tech.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pv-tech.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Solar Supply Chain Traceability Protocol is a set of guidelines designed to help solar companies meet compliance obligations and, importantly, provide customers with assurances that their solar products are free of unethical labor practices.
“Solar customers expect their products to be ethically-produced, and this protocol helps ensure that solar products coming into the United States are not made using forced labor,” said John Smirnow, SEIA’s vice president of market strategy. “Solar is one of the cleanest and most reliable technologies on our grid today, and we hope this tool will give American buyers and leaders confidence at a time when solar energy increasingly supports our need to fuel economic growth and tackle the climate crisis.”
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Democratic lawmakers and expert witnesses pushing President Joe Biden s $2 trillion green infrastructure package stand to profit from the plan, financial records reviewed by the
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Biden s American Jobs Plan requires 100 percent of U.S. electricity to come from renewable sources including solar, wind, hydrogen, and biomass by 2035. The provision comes as a boost to Rep. Sean Casten (D., Ill.), who holds up to a $500,000 stake in biomass company Greenleaf Power, according to his 2019 financial disclosure. The Democrat stressed the need to make big and bold investments in clean energy infrastructure in a March statement that urged the passing of Biden s legislation but did not reveal his financial stake in Greenleaf.
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Renewable energy sector-related exchange traded funds could benefit from President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure spending plan.
Biden has outlined a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that would expand subsidies to the renewable energy sector and address key bottlenecks impeding the shift to a green energy grid, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Specifically, the plan would create new tax credits to support the construction of high-voltage transmission lines, a major hurdle in the expansion of renewable energy. Additionally, it includes a proposed 10-year extension of wind, solar, and battery tax credits, which are currently set to expire in coming years.
Tax credits have “been very effective at reducing costs for wind and solar, and they could do the same for transmission,” Trey Ward, chief executive of Direct Connect Development Co., told the WSJ. “It is very simple: If you want more renewables, you need more transmission.”