Revealed: UK solar projects using panels from firms linked to Xinjiang forced labour Jillian Ambrose and Jasper Jolly © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA
Solar projects commissioned by the Ministry of Defence, the government’s Coal Authority, United Utilities and some of the UK’s biggest renewable energy developers are using panels made by Chinese solar companies accused of exploiting forced labour camps in Xinjiang province, a Guardian investigation has found. © Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Companies with factories or major suppliers in Xinjiang produce about a third of the polysilicon material used to make the world’s solar panels, according to Horizon Advisory.
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