In a first, a German offshore wind farm will use Chinese turbines
In a first, a German offshore wind farm will use Chinese turbines
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17739149
The claims about the Chinese having superior European ESG compliance and Cybersecurity are hard to believe, but could be that they just have the resources (and speed) to get their products to comply, while European competitors are too slow. But then again, could also be that it's just about the price tag in the end and they just want to hide this fact by stating other reasons
That’s a shame…
Clean energy, and its Hardware might also be cheaper. So where’s the problem?
There's a bunch:
And in addition to that, let's not forget that the cheap price comes from a country with intransparent supply chains and from the use of forced labour.
The problem is the same with the solar industry that Germany once had (or any sort of domestic manufacturing, really). Without heavy subsidies they cannot compete with the cheap Chinese prices, making them non competitive on the market.
