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Personally I think (hope) that huge imports from foreign countries of energy-generation hardware (thinking especially about solar panels, not sure about the res

Personally I think (hope) that huge imports from foreign countries of energy-generation hardware (thinking especially about solar panels, not sure about the rest) won't last forever and internal production of such components will be somehow in/directly promoted, which might lead at some point to a stabilization of prices (because of less competitivity / more protectionism), at least for a while. This thought being based on "energy" being a strategic resource for all nations, and no nation willingly wanting to become dependant on any other one in this context.

fy20 6y ago
At least in Europe prices for European vs Chinese panels are not that different. In my country I've seen Chinese panels for €80/ea and locally manufactured for €140/ea (for a ~300w panel). Most people prefer the European panels because the overall price isn't that much different, and they know if they ever need to make a warranty claim it'll be a lot easier from a European manufacturer. These are retail prices for home installation - of course for utility scale it's a different story.