There is sand in the solar ointment: polysilicon supply
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
There seems to be some sand in the solar ointment.
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“Solar doesn’t just have a polysilicon supply problem …
It has a polysilicon reputation problem, too.
Again, these are all largely Chinese suppliers, many from the Xinjiang area, and many using coal to produce solar-grade polysilicon, which largely defeats the purpose of solar as one of our clean energy saviors.
That they are from Xinjiang, where more than 1 million Uyghurs have been forced into detention camps and used as slave labor, brings more trouble.”