Section 48E Domestic Content Bonus: Steel Module Frames and Domestic Component Calculation
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In a pv magazine USA Week 2026 presentation reported on November 5, 2026, Nextpower vice president Jenya Meydbray said steel frames roll-formed in U.S. facilities are the practical route to scaling domestic module frame manufacturing, and that Nextpower is ramping steel frame capacity for 6.5 GW of modules. Meydbray said a domestic steel frame adds 6% to the manufactured product component calculation for the 10% bonus under the Section 48E solar investment tax credit, on top of the 28.7% its domestic single-axis tracking products contribute. The report gives no effective date, no rate beyond the 10% bonus figure, and no implementing guidance or filing requirements; the 6% and 28.7% figures are the executive's account of the component calculation.
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- pv magazine USANextpower executive says domestic steel module frames support Section 48E domestic content bonus
In a pv magazine USA Week 2026 presentation, Nextpower vice president Jenya Meydbray said steel frames roll-formed in U.S. facilities are the practical route to scaling domestic module frame manufacturing, and that Nextpower is ramping steel frame capacity for 6.5 GW of modules. Meydbray said a domestic steel frame adds 6% to the manufactured product component calculation for the 10% bonus under the Section 48E solar investment tax credit, on top of the 28.7% its domestic single-axis tracking products already count toward.
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