Monday, 11 January 2021 The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a statement in response to the publication, last week, of a story in the New York Times claiming that some of the world s largest solar energy companies, working with the Chinese government, use workers from the Chinese solar industry who have been red-flagged as victims of forced labour. Uyghurs held in detention centre. Courtesy of Valerie Peay/Vimeo.
The New York Times isn t the only publication that has published such claims. Michael Copley authored a similar story published on the SP Global website which went into great detail on this subject and is more accessible, given that the NYT article is covered by a paywall.