The U.S. solar industry has been gutted by Chinese manufacturers who dump their products in the U.S. market, undermining the local industry. The decline of the once-booming industry in the United States goes hand-in-hand with the evolution of China into the world’s biggest solar panel maker.
China surpassed Germany in 2015 to become the country with the most installed solar capacity. In 2017, China’s photovoltaic (PV) market passed the 100 gigawatts (GW) milestone—enough energy to power 70 million homes.
