China Working Conditions In Solar Panel Factorie

The third in a series of blog posts about the chinese solar panel industry.

China working conditions in solar panel factorie.

A week after the trump administration unveiled tariffs of up to 30 on imports of solar panels one of china s biggest manufacturers announced that it plans to open a new plant in the u s. Roof layout in small buildings can cause issues with solar system installations drastically angled roofs skylights and dormers limit the area where solar panels can be installed. Tariffs placed on chinese solar imports in 2012 1 5 billion arrived in 2013 up from 21 3 million in 2005. Chinese factory workers producing toys for hasbro disney and mattel and are being subjected to nightmare working conditions in the run up to christmas an investigation has alleged.

Their factory is based in hebei province their sales office is worldwide and they are specialized in producing solar panels for home for off grid solar system and manufacturers they take 2 45gws of global production capacity with more than 15 years of solar manufacturing experience and three advanced r d facilities in the united states. China installed 43 gw of solar power in the first nine months of 2017 already above the 34 5 gw target for the whole year. China labor watch has been investigating working conditions in toy factories since 1999 and for over 18 years this kind of tragedy has been constantly occurring the report says. Read the first and second installments.

In the space of 25 years china will have gone from having virtually no solar panels to leading the world by a margin of more than 100. Factories are known for having large flat roofs with plenty of ample roof space offering an ideal installation site for solar panels. This caused the chinese government to more than double the original target to 213 gw for 2020.