The solar industry has been trading jabs all year, but Washington may have delivered the knockout punch. Consequently, solar stocks have taken their investors on a steep slide, with the trend pointing mostly south.

US solar stocks crash as Senate approves cuts to renewable energy incentives. Why today's dip in solar stocks may not be a buying opportunity

Shares of U.S. solar energy companies tumbled in extended trade on Monday after Republicans who control the U.S. Senate Finance Committee unveiled changes to President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that would phase out solar,