Written question asked by Andrew Bowie (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 July 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 July 2025. It was answered by Michael Shanks (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 July 2025 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Photovoltaics: China
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) mitigate the effects of market dumping of and (b) reduce strategic dependency on imported photovoltaic inverters from China.
- Answer
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Solar goods and services are global commodities, and it is likely that we will continue to require imports in the short to medium term.
The UK has a strong electrical manufacturing sector and there is an opportunity to scale this up through our ambitious Industrial Strategy, which has identified advanced manufacturing and clean energy industries as priority growth sectors, providing benefits for the manufacture of balance of system components, which are essential to enabling solar installations.
The Solar Roadmap also commits government to consider the case to further support companies wishing to scale up production of solar technologies and processes, including inverters.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 67942
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- China Imports Photovoltaics Electrical control equipment
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- 2025-09-06 00:09:34 +0100
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