Heliostats are seen at a 50-megawatt solar thermal power plant in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Photo: Getty Images
US ban on China’s Xinjiang solar products linked to alleged forced labour heaps pressure on supply chains
- Newly blacklisted Hoshine Silicon Industry is Xinjiang’s biggest producer of metallurgical-grade silicon, a key raw material in solar panels
- Joe Biden administration’s ban on silica-based products from the Chinese company is likely to touch many of the world’s biggest solar-grade polysilicon makers
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Heliostats are seen at a 50-megawatt solar thermal power plant in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Photo: Getty Images