Unfortunately most of those job’s are in the CCP and the pay & conditions aren’t at all that good by our standards.
Imagine the costs of an Aussie built panel or turbine would be much higher than anything our friends from the north could produce?
Yeah, worthy of discussion.
Because, as of 2021, China possessed 72% of the world’s polysilicon manufacturing capacity, 98% of ingots, 97% of wafers, 81% of cells, and 77% of modules. Seventy-five percent of the silicon solar cells incorporated into modules installed in the United States are produced by Chinese subsidiaries operating in three Southeast Asian countries: Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand.
(Source: US Govt. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -
https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/solar-photovoltaics-supply-chain-review-report )
Because some reports don't cast the supply chain of renewables in a very favourable light:
(Not much different to blood diamonds, some might argue).
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