Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by dzhiurgis 46 days ago
Interesting timing that China is ending solar panel and battery export subsidies this year.

Panel I've bought 15 months ago is 20% more expensive now.

2 comments

Isn’t a lot of that due to currnecy and inflation?

12 months ago 4300 yuan would cost 1000 NZD. 4400 yuan today (3% increase) would be about 1100 NZD.

Federal tax incentives in the US are also drying up and not being renewed. Unfortunately, the same thing is happening with state incentives in California. Many of these programs ended in the beginning of this year.
No worries! We just install our own oil wells and refineries for energy independence to take advantage of those sweet federal subsidies that have shifted back to fossil fuels.