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    BIDEN’S SOLAR AMBITIONS COLLIDE WITH CHINA LABOR COMPLAINTS

    May 28, 2021 3 minutes

    The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced by forced labor.

    A big hurdle is polysilicon, used to make photovoltaic cells for solar panels. The global industry gets 45% of its supply from Xinjiang, the northwestern region where the ruling Communist Party is accused of mass incarceration of minorities and other abuses. Other parts of China supply 35%. Only 20% comes from U.S. and other producers.

    Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry, says Washington is deciding whether to keep

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