NextEra to Buy Solar Panels Made in U.S. by China’s Jinkosolar

NextEra Energy Inc., which owns Florida’s largest utility, plans to buy solar panels from a factory to be built in its home state by China-based JinkoSolar Holding Co.

This is the first such known deal since President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on solar panel imports.

The purchase over four years of about 7 million panels capable of generating 2,750 megawatts of power will help meet plans to quadruple the solar capacity of Florida Power & Light to 4,000 megawatts over the next decade, the utility’s parent NextEra said March 30 in a statement. The price was not disclosed.

“As NextEra ...