Ethical Solar Cell Manufacturing

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TL;DR

In today’s issue, we explore supply chains for solar cell manufacturing. Solar cell costs have plummeted in the last few years, but there are disquieting signs that PRC (People’s Republic of China) manufacturers use forced Uyghur labor in solar cell manufacturing. A large fraction of the world’s polysilicon, a core component in solar cells, is manu…