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A 2027 U.S.–China conflict with Australia aligned to the U.S. China trade stops immediately, Taiwan exports are slowed/limited, and China launches large-scale cyber disruption in waves. Planning scenario, not a forecast. Planning scenario, not a forecast. No end date is set.

Renewables and Storage — United States (Investor-Grade, Equipment and Projects)

Read the Australia briefingReport date 2026-11-07

What happens

What a China stop removes, what still ships, and what a cyber wave can halt

  1. What keeps being installed is on EIA Table 6.1. Utility-scale solar added 1,310.0 megawatts in August. Utility-scale batteries added 743.4 megawatts in August. Small-scale solar added 430.2 megawatts in August. China module imports of 24,445,316 dollars stop. The calculated China module share is 0.16 percent, using 24,445,316 over the world preview of 15,193,756,743. The calculated Viet Nam share is 36.4 percent. Viet Nam, Thailand, Malaysia, India, and Cambodia module rows are not China rows.

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  2. Cell imports continue from non-China partners unless a separate disruption hits them. The calculated Malaysia cell share is 31.9 percent. Malaysia cells were 608,842,923 dollars. The calculated Korea cell share is 30.7 percent. Korea cells were 584,480,142 dollars. The calculated Thailand cell share is 17.8 percent. Thailand cells were 339,119,239 dollars. The calculated Viet Nam cell share is 5.9 percent. Viet Nam cells were 112,051,560 dollars. The calculated China cell share is 0.03 percent. China cells were 622,456 dollars. The cell world preview is 1,906,684,342 dollars.

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  3. The lithium-ion batteries heading is the China customs line that is large. The calculated China share is 69.0 percent. Stopping China trade stops that reported row. The heading includes vehicle batteries and other lithium-ion batteries, so the stationary-storage slice inside it is unpublished.

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  4. Operating projects do not need a Chinese module row to describe their size. Utility-scale solar added 1,310.0 megawatts in August. Utility-scale batteries added 743.4 megawatts in August. Small-scale solar added 430.2 megawatts in August.

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  5. Week-1 cyber risk is plant control and inverter fleet monitoring. The Sungrow advisory is the product evidence. More than 80 percent of energy infrastructure is privately owned. Installer business systems are the later direct set.

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  6. Taiwan on the four opened headings is an empty preview beside reported rows, not a foundry share. Other Asia, nes module imports were 2,013,915 dollars. That partner is not Taiwan.

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How hard, how soon

0–3 months

  • Short-horizon price analog: the calculated one-month rise is 20.6 percent, from the June average of 0.34 dollars per peak watt to the July average of 0.41 dollars per peak watt. This is a one-month move. A year-over-year peak is not the figure in this band.

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  • Short-horizon volume analog: utility-scale solar added 1,310.0 megawatts in August, utility-scale batteries added 743.4 megawatts in August, and small-scale solar added 430.2 megawatts in August.

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1–6 months

  • Accumulated price analog: the calculated three-month rise is 32.4 percent, from 0.34 dollars per peak watt to 0.45 dollars per peak watt.

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  • Nameplate solar additions were 29,644.6 megawatts. That is a full-year addition print, used here as scale for a half-year disruption, not as the one-month analog.

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12+ months

  • Long-horizon build, not a price percent: developers plan to add 43.4 gigawatts of utility-scale solar and 24 gigawatts of utility-scale battery storage. The later co-located plan share is more than 30 percent.

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  • The shipment-price series does not extend a war-year index. The latest average on the monthly series is 0.29 dollars per peak watt, and the next release is suspended.

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Wave 1

Wave 1 direct is inverter fleet monitoring, utility-scale solar projects, and battery projects. Wave 1 indirect is cell importers and lithium-ion battery importers, who lose a China cargo because trade stops, not because their own network is the first target. The Sungrow advisory header prints a CVSS v4 score of 9.5 for iSolarCloud and WiNet. That score is the advisory rating for those inverter fleet-monitoring products, not a count of plants offline and not an outage length. The energy-sector page is the infrastructure baseline. The ordering is a planning inference.

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Wave 2

Wave 2 direct is module-buyer systems and project-lender systems. Orders and drawdowns can stop while the plant is up. This ordering is a planning inference.

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Wave 3

Wave 3 direct is rooftop installers. The operating set is small-scale solar at 63,192.6 megawatts. A shop-system outage is later than a plant-control outage. This ordering is a planning inference.

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Country exposure

origin sharepercent

36.4levelViet Nam modules

The calculated Viet Nam share is 36.4 percent.

UN Comtrade
0.16levelChina modules

The calculated China module share is 0.16 percent.

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69.0levelChina lithium-ion batteries

The calculated China share is 69.0 percent.

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Cost and price shock by time bucket

price changepercent

32.4increase1-6 monthsThree-month module average

The calculated three-month rise is 32.4 percent.

EIA Form EIA-63B Table 3

month additionsmegawatts

1,310.0level0-3 monthsUtility-scale solar August

Utility-scale solar added 1,310.0 megawatts in August.

EIA Table 6.1
743.4level0-3 monthsUtility-scale batteries August

Utility-scale batteries added 743.4 megawatts in August.

EIA Table 6.1
430.2level0-3 monthsSmall-scale solar August

Small-scale solar added 430.2 megawatts in August.

EIA Table 6.1

Downstream scale

us megawattsmegawatts

166,677.0levelUtility-scale solar stock

Utility-scale solar stood at 166,677.0 megawatts.

EIA Table 6.1
63,192.6levelSmall-scale solar stock

Small-scale solar stood at 63,192.6 megawatts.

EIA Table 6.1
54,097.0levelUtility-scale battery stock

Utility-scale batteries stood at 54,097.0 megawatts.

EIA Table 6.1

countscount

Operating prints

ratespercent

16levelCo-located new solar

The co-located share this year is over 16 percent.

EIA Today in Energy

What to do

Day 7

  • List purchase orders on HS 854143 and HS 850760 that name China. The China module line is 24,445,316 dollars for the preview year. The China lithium-ion line is 16,457,945,481 dollars.

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  • Confirm whether operating fleets use iSolarCloud or WiNet. The advisory covers app version 2.1.6 and prior and all WiNet firmware versions.

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Day 30

  • Watch the monthly module average against the one-month analog. The calculated one-month rise is 20.6 percent.

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  • Watch August-scale addition prints. Utility-scale solar added 1,310.0 megawatts in August. Utility-scale batteries added 743.4 megawatts in August. Small-scale solar added 430.2 megawatts in August.

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Day 90

  • Re-source cells toward Malaysia and Korea if a China cell order was in the book. China cells were 622,456 dollars. Malaysia and Korea are the large reported cell rows.

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  • Keep the lender case on the plan gigawatts and on co-location. The co-located share this year is over 16 percent. Reported plans could raise the share to 19 percent. The later co-located plan share is more than 30 percent.

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What to watch

By role

Inverter suppliers and plant operators

  • Patch or isolate iSolarCloud Android versions through 2.1.6 and WiNet firmware.

  • Separate fleet-monitoring access from plant controls.

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Battery-project owners

  • Split lithium-ion purchase orders into China and non-China.

  • Track the monthly battery addition against the 371.7 megawatt planning line.

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Project lenders

  • Underwrite the 43.4 gigawatt solar plan and the 24 gigawatt battery plan as plans.

  • Do not use an average cybercrime cost as the enterprise loss.

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Weekly checks

What is not known

Working papers: node summary
NodePrimary impactTime horizonCyber waveEvidence
Module buyersModule buyers keep a Viet Nam-led module book, and the China module row is a small customs line.0-3 monthsWave 2 (direct)UN Comtrade HS 854143 preview, Viet Nam and China
Inverter suppliersInverter suppliers face a direct fleet-monitoring exposure on the Sungrow cloud and firmware advisory.0-3 monthsWave 1 (direct)CISA ICSA-25-072-12
Battery projectsBattery projects sit on a large utility-scale fleet and on a month of additions that is already printed.0-3 monthsWave 1 (direct)EIA Table 6.1 batteries and the 2026 plan note
Rooftop installersRooftop installers keep a large distributed fleet, and their business systems are the later direct target.1-6 monthsWave 3 (direct)EIA Table 6.1 small-scale solar
Utility-scale solar projectsUtility-scale solar projects added capacity in the latest month on top of a large operating fleet.0-3 monthsWave 1 (direct)EIA Table 6.1 utility-scale solar
Cell importersCell importers still move a multi-partner cell book, and the China cell row is tiny.0-3 monthsWave 1 (indirect)UN Comtrade HS 854142 preview
Project lendersProject lenders are underwriting a year of planned solar and battery additions, not an average cybercrime cost.1-6 monthsWave 2 (direct)EIA preliminary capacity plans
Lithium-ion battery importersLithium-ion battery importers hold the large China customs exposure, and the heading is wider than stationary storage.0-3 monthsWave 1 (indirect)UN Comtrade HS 850760 preview

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