'Great British Energy solar panels' for schools were made in China

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lj21pjn72o

The first schools in England to install what the government described as "Great British Energy solar panels" bought them from Chinese firms, the BBC has learned.

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hellothere@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 1y

Well yeah, no shit, it isn't like you can build an entire domestic industry in 12 months (outside of a world war anyway).

magnetosphere@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y

Earlier this year, the law was changed to ban GB Energy from investing in renewables if there is evidence of modern slavery in their production.

Interesting.

WormFood@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

About 10 years ago I worked at a company that had broken ground on a solar factory in the UK. The government cancelled subsidies for solar and they pulled out.

RidderSport@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Germany was the leading manufacturer of solar panels in the early 2010s. The government pulled subsidies to re-enter nuclear power and killed the entire industry

sexy_peach@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

It was the conservatives of course

Maeve@kbin.earth · 6 pts · 1y (4 replies)

🤣

redrevjose@lemmings.world · -10 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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reddig33@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Really? Because to me ā€œforced laborā€ sounds like made by slaves.

redrevjose@lemmings.world · -1 pts · 1y
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Maeve@kbin.earth · 0 pts · 1y

You know it.