The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its scrutiny of solar companies importing into the United States.
Large domestic producers like Hanwha QCells, as reported by the NY Times, “potential exposure to Xinjiang [is] very high, since the company uses undisclosed suppliers in China for the vast majority of its products.” This includes Meike Solar Technology, which “reported QCells as one of its largest customers.”
These companies have direct ties to forced labor. If they’re in your supply chain, you’re in violation of U.S. law and are supporting a system that is exploiting vulnerable populations in the name of green energy. It’s time to take action.
Xinjiang Nonferrous Metal Industry Group Co Ltd
Home-Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
Xinjiang Poly Deep Blue Mining Co., Ltd.
Hami Yanxin Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
Roadget Business Pte Ltd.
PDD Holdings Inc.
Jiangsu Meike Solar Technology Inc.
Baotou Meike Silicon Energy Co., Ltd.
Canadian Solar (Xinjiang) Co., Ltd.
TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Co., Ltd.
“It’s been an open secret that some industry heavyweights and major domestic manufacturers have strong connections to Xinjiang and have been laundering cells and modules made with dubious and unverified polysilicon into the United States without CBP scrutiny,” said Bret Manley, executive director of the not-for-profit Energy Fair Trade Coalition. “Meanwhile, the market has been flooded with Indian modules using the same cells from Chinese manufacturers that have already been excluded by CBP under the UFLPA.”