How this Georgia factory is surviving America’s solar policy whiplash

Qcells' Cartersville, Georgia plant has expanded to handle the full solar panel production process, a $2.5 billion operation built partly on Biden-era tax incentives that rewarded U.S.-made panels.

Now the Trump administration is taking the opposite approach: rather than incentives, it's imposing new tariffs and minimum import prices on polysilicon starting in December, alongside provisions in last year's tax bill that disqualify panels from countries including China from remaining credits. Industry voices note both approaches share a goal — domestic manufacturing — even as the mechanism has flipped entirely.

A solar manufacturing expert quoted in the piece says the constant policy reversals, not any particular ideology, have been the biggest obstacle to building a U.S. supply chain.

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