NINGBO, China : Risen Energy Co., Ltd., a leading solar module manufacturer in China, announced that it has won the bid to supply TITAN 650W PV modules to Sinopec’s green hydrogen demonstration project in Kuqa County, Xinjiang. The 361 MW project, once completed, is expected to be the world’s largest PV-based hydrogen production facility and […]
Daqo New Energy’s Subsidiary Xinjiang Daqo Completes Its IPO Process And Starts Trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
SHANGHAI : Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) (“Daqo New Energy”, the “Company” or “we”), a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, today announced that the Company’s major operational subsidiary, Xinjiang Daqo New Energy (“Xinjiang Daqo”), has completed its IPO process and started trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Sci-Tech […]
U.S. Set to Add More Chinese Companies to Blacklist Over Xinjiang
The additions to Commerce Department’s Entity List are part of the Biden administration’s efforts to hold China accountable for human rights violations, the sources said. The Biden administration is set as early as Friday to add more than 10 Chinese companies to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights abuses and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang, […]
China Vows to Retaliate If US Bans Import of Solar Panel Material From Xinjiang
The Biden administration is mulling to ban the import of solar panel material–polysilicon– from the region, where the Chinese government has been accused of committing genocide against the Uyghurs minority. Beijing: China on Tuesday vowed to retaliate if the United States bans the import of a critical solar panel material from Xinjiang. According to a […]
Xinjiang Eyed as Home for a Massive New Solar Polysilicon Plant
Xinjiang, the western Chinese region scrutinized by human rights activists, is being eyed for a massive new solar polysilicon plant that would extend its grip on the industry. Xinjiang Jingnuo New Energy Industry Development Co. has submitted an environmental impact assessment seeking approval to build a 100,000-ton-a-year polysilicon plant in the city of Huyanghe, according […]
AFL-CIO’s Trumka Demands Cutoff of Solar Products From Xinjiang
Bloomberg – The leader of the AFL-CIO demands that the Biden administration and Congress cut off imports of solar energy products from China’s Xinjiang region. The letter from the labor federation’s president, Richard Trumka, was addressed to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Trumka singled out products that “contain polysilicon made with forced labor.” “These products […]
China’s Highflying Solar Stocks Face Political Risk
Americans are paying more attention to a desert corner of northwest China called the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, where the international community says the government has herded Muslim minorities into internment camps and forced-labor programs. Investors better pay heed, too. Xinjiang might pose a surprise conflict for President Joe Biden’s environmental plans and to investors […]
Human rights allegations in Xinjiang could jeopardize solar supply chain
An ethnic Uighur woman arranges raisins at a stall with a billboard showing the late Communist Party leader Mao Zedong. The U.S. government says Beijing is committing human rights abuses against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the China’s autonomous Xinjiang region. The solar industry’s growing dependence on China’s autonomous Xinjiang region for a critical […]