Europe should abandon 'buy abroad' renewables strategy, say researchers

Italian researchers have assessed the global PV supply chain and say that the EU climate strategy should foster European production of renewable energy technologies. Researchers at Italy's Roma Tre University have looked at global PV supply chain dependencies, with a focus on China, the European Union, Japan, South Korea, and the United States from 2007 to 2021. The scientists focused on the long-term evolution of trade and technological hierarchies, mapping the global solar supply chain in terms of trade and technology. They said that achieving environmental targets through a "buy from abroad" ...

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