Burgum Cites China Link in Tougher US Reviews for Solar Projects
Doug Burgum during a hearing in Washington on April 20.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/BloombergUS Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said China’s key role in supplying US solar developments necessitates a more rigorous review process to ferret out any potential threats to national security.
Burgum told a House of Representatives appropriations panel that “a lot of these solar projects were built almost exclusively with Chinese-made solar panels.”