#Solar ash review embargo license#

exporters apply for a license from the agency before selling products to the Chinese companies. In addition to Hoshine, the Commerce Department added four other Chinese companies involved in 'human rights abuses in Xinjiang' to a so-called entity list, mandating that U.S.

Mayorkas said Thursday that the White House's 'environmental goals will not be achieved on the backs of human beings in a forced labor environment.' According to the American Clean Power Association, solar power accounts for greater than half of all American renewable energy projects. and the greater Asian continent also produce metallurgical silicon.Ĭracking down on the leader of the solar supply chain will prove challenging for an administration looking to make the U.S.

businesses fabricating solar panels, since other companies in China, the U.S. The new measure is unlikely to handicap China's solar industry or hinder U.S. 'This is not necessarily calibrated to geography, but calibrated to conduct,' Mayorkas said.ĬBP Executive Director Ana Hinojosa estimates that Hoshine exported just a fraction of total imports of solar material over the past 2.5 years - with $6 million in silicon and $150 million containing Hoshine raw materials exported to the U.S. Mayorkas told reporters imports of all solar products produced in Xinjiang are unlikely to be blocked, unlike the federal government's blanket ban of cotton and tomato products, put in place earlier this year under the Trump administration. labor demands with a revamped environmental agenda. The actions – which would not impact the majority of imports – represent a largely symbolic measure by the Biden administration as it attempts to balance U.S. Yet Thursday's measure falls short of creating a broad, geographic ban on solar imports for the Xinjiang region, amid calls from advocacy groups for stronger measures.

Solar ash review embargo