Solar energy exports from China to the rest of the world surged in March 2026 as the world scrambles for fossil fuel alternatives.

In March, one month into the US-Iran war that began on February 28, the People’s Republic doubled the number of solar panels it was exporting, distributing 68 gigawatts of photovoltaic cells and silicon wafers.

  • sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    I don’t know how much to attribute to the war in Iran. The Chinese government ended a tax rebate program for exported solar panels effective April 1, so all the producers rushed their capacity to get as many as they could out the door.

    Now that production costs are 10-15% higher for panels exported in April than the panels exported in March, we’d want to see how April’s numbers compare, once that data is published in about a month.