‘Buy American’ shifts to ‘Don’t Buy Chinese’ for government solar projects

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Ritesh Pothan

If there should ever be a sector that supports using Made-in-America products in construction, it would be the federal government. For decades, the government has had some type of “Buy American” stipulation for projects funded with federal dollars. More recently, the Build America Buy America (BABA) Act of 2021 requires all iron, steel, manufactured products…

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About Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh Pothan, is an accomplished speaker and visionary in the Solar Energy space in India. Ritesh is from an Engineering Background with a Master’s Degree in Technology and had spent more than a decade as the Infrastructure Head for a public limited company with the last 9 years dedicated to Solar and Renewable Energy. He also runs the 2 largest India focused renewable energy groups on LinkedIn - Solar - India and Renewables - India
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