Axios: Forced-labor crackdown hamstrings solar industry

Federal agents seized nearly $500 million worth of solar modules and other imports in fiscal 2022 due to forced-labor concerns, U.S. Customs and Border Protection tells Axios.
Why it matters: “This is the most difficult renewable procurement environment of the past 15 years,” says Reagan Farr, head of Nashville-based solar developer Silicon Ranch.
"There has been limited information from Customs about what documentation is acceptable, and no one seems to know how to navigate UFLPA, regardless of the provenance of the polysilicon," Christian Roselund, senior policy analyst at consulting firm Clean Energy Associates, tells Axios.

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