German solar plans could be thwarted by • Table.Briefings

Germany’s new government wants to expand solar power – while ensuring human rights in global supply chains. That will be difficult, because the solar supply chain is dominated by China. And the production of the raw material for solar modules appears to involve forced labor in Xinjiang. Trade sanctions will hardly solve the problem.

The new federal government has a number of plans for the expansion of renewable powers. It wants to mount solar power on „all suitable roofs“. By 2030, „around 200 gigawatts“ of photovoltaic capacity are to be achieved. This means a quadrupling of the current capacity. To achieve this, the traffic light coalition wants to remove many „hurdles to expansion“. This is what the coalition agreement says.

German solar plans could be thwarted by Xinjiang supply stop

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