Climate Politics
France to Aid Europe’s Solar Panel Makers to Reduce China’s Dominance
- Government will add carbon content criterias in solar tenders
- France to provide financial support for solar panel makers
France is among the most vocal of European Union nations about the need to better defend the bloc’s economic interests.
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The French government will amend regulations and provide subsidies to support the installation of domestically-made solar panels, key for its energy transition, to reduce the dominance of Chinese equipment manufacturers.
“Today, almost all panels used in France are imported,” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in a speech in southern France Friday. “Let’s roll up our sleeves to produce in France 40% of the solar panel we use by 2030.”