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Solar modules now selling for less than €0.06/W in Europe (www.pv-magazine.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Local manufacturing is politically advantageous and may employ some people at the same time, but that’s where benefits end.

There are legitimate strategic concerns with sourcing things long-term from potentially hostile states.

Europe should absolutely take advantage of current Chinese production to improve their own green energy efforts, but looking into local production in addition is not just a 'for-show' move. As sanctions on Russia show, dependence on markets that can potentially turn hostile can be very damaging.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Sure, that's what I threw in the "politically advantageous" bucket to not expand on it too much

Though I do not expect China to blackmail Europe with solar, but I see the concern.