Chinese Export Surge Clouds U.S. Hopes of a Domestic Solar Boom

Less than a year ago, CubicPV, which manufactures components for solar panels, announced that it had secured more than $100 million in financing to build a $1.4 billion factory in the United States. The company planned to produce silicon wafers, a critical part of the technology that allows solar panels to turn sunlight into electrical energy.The Massachusetts-based company called the investment a “direct result…