Solar is a critical part of a strategy to make America energy independent, create jobs, and achieve energy dominance. It is a technology that was invented right here in America, but over the past 20 years, like in many other industries, U.S. manufacturing has struggled to compete against countries that invested in building a domestic industry. Today, the U.S. has leapfrogged competitors and ranks 3rd in manufacture of solar panels, passing large solar manufacturing countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Turkey. Major facilities produce trackers in Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and beyond. One manufacturer even re-opened a shuttered Bethlehem Steel facility outside Pittsburgh. The success of the domestic solar manufacturing buildout is unique — there is no other country in the world, outside of China, that is building a scaled, unified, and complete domestic supply chain.
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