China's 'quasi-monopolistic' stranglehold on solar noted by EU body

The bloc should accelerate investment into mining and processing within its shores, as well as ramping up recycling, according to European employers and trades unions, with coal workers already equipped with the necessary transferable skills.EU consultative body the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) noted "China has a quasi-monopolistic position in terms of components for photovoltaics," while considering recommendations made by the European Commission to secure the bloc's raw material supply chain. Urging the European Parliament and Council of Ministers to adopt suggestions made ...

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