In March, one month into the US-Iran war that began on February 28, the People’s Republic doubled the number of solar panels it was exporting, distributing 68 gigawatts of photovoltaic cells and silicon wafers.

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    7 hours ago

    All I know is that our panels, our battery, and out inverter are all from China, because nothing else delivered anything near similar value.
    Our neighbor ordered a system from a contractor that made a total (and more expensive) upgrade of the entire energy system of the house, including air to water heat pump, and his panels are Chinese too, which I know because I saw them before they were mounted.
    He paid about 50% more than we did, and it was still Chinese panels.

    Hyundai makes good value panels too that were available from the same contractor, that could also have been a good choice, but we went with the Chinese panels because they were almost 30% better value.

    Everything else was about 50% more expensive!!!