US Solar Installations to Fall 23 Percent This Year Due to Ban on Chinese Goods: Report

An aerial image shows vehicles driving on California Highway 14 as solar panels, part of an electricity generation plant, stand in Kern County near Mojave, Calif., on June 18, 2021. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

New solar power installations in the United States are expected to fall by nearly a quarter this year due to a ban on parts from China.

Solar equipment imports have been curbed by a ban on goods from the Xinjiang region of China over allegations over the forced labor of Uighur conscripts, according to a recent quarterly report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the research firm Wood Mackenzie, on Dec. 13.