Cheap Chinese solar panels are a blessing for Europe, not a curse

Costly attempts to rebuild domestic production would defy economic logic

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Final production at Meyer Burger's solar module factory in Freiberg, Germany in March: Solar manufacturing in the country has declined alongside government subsidies.  © Reuters

Frederick Kliem is managing director of Episteme Consultants, a Singapore-based ESG advisory company, and an adjunct fellow and lecturer at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University.

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