Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“The first schools in England to install what the government described as ‘Great British Energy solar panels’ were made in China, the BBC has learned. The first 11 schools involved in the GB Energy scheme bought solar panels from Aiko and Longi, two Chinese firms. The government said the scheme was ‘the first major project for Great British Energy — a company owned by the British people, for the British people.’ Labour MP Sarah Champion said GB Energy should be buying solar panels from companies in the UK rather than China, where there have been allegations of forced labour in supply chains. ‘I’m really excited about the principle of GB Energy,’ she told BBC News. ‘But it’s taxpayers’ money and we should not be supporting slave labour with that money.'” (07/19/25)