CAN THE USA INITIALLY BREAK CHINA’S GRIP ON SOLAR?

China has come dominate every step of the complex manufacturing process for solar panels. now, as demand for renewable energy explodes, the USA is trying to build its own solar-manufacturing supply chain almost from scratch and supporting the effort with sizable subsidies.  

here’s what it will entail—and why it’s so hard to go up against china.

 However,Part of the reason for that dominance, built over two decades, is that the cost of everything from electricity to labor is much cheaper there than in places such as the U.S. or Europe.