Largest Solar Manufacturer Opens U.S. Plant in Wake of Tariffs

The world’s largest solar-panel maker, China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co., said it opened a manufacturing plant in the U.S., 13 months after President Donald Trump approved tariffs on imported equipment.

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JinkoSolar’s plant in Jacksonville, Fla., comes as at least three other companies have said they will open or expand panel U.S. factories. Trump approved duties on solar equipment in January 2018 to spur U.S. manufacturing.

Pilot production at the $50 million facility began in November, JinkoSolar said in a Feb. 26 statement . Once fully operational, it will employ more than 200 workers and manufacturer 400 megawatts of cells ...