Len Conapinski, vice president and general counsel for Yingli Green Energy Americas, acknowledges the pain that many US buyers of modules are feeling at the moment.

“If you have a shovel-ready project in the United States right now, and you need [modules] with a price that starts with a 6 [meaning between $0.60-$0.69/W], then you’re not in a good situation.”

But speaking more broadly, Conapinski takes an optimistic view of where the trade wars that have roiled the global PV industry over the past few years have got to, saying they are “in their 8th inning”.

“Things