Trump weaponizes FCC to ban new foreign-made connected solar inverters
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/Tesla-Solar-Inverter-hero.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The FCC <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-423682A1.pdf">added foreign-made connected power inverters to its Covered List</a> on July 28, cutting off the federal authorization new models need to be imported, marketed, or sold in the US.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s aimed at the radios inside modern inverters, not the power electronics. And it lands on a market where US factories are on track to supply just 40% of combined solar and battery demand next year, according to testing firm Intertek CEA.</p>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/Tesla-Solar-Inverter-hero.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The FCC <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-423682A1.pdf">added foreign-made connected power inverters to its Covered List</a> on July 28, cutting off the federal authorization new models need to be imported, marketed, or sold in the US.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s aimed at the radios inside modern inverters, not the power electronics. And it lands on a market where US factories are on track to supply just 40% of combined solar and battery demand next year, according to testing firm Intertek CEA.</p>