epa01837390 Workers labor in a factory of a Chinese solar panel maker in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province 26 August 2009. Chinese photovoltaic manufacturers have asserted a major role in halfing the cost of solar panels over the last year, according to a recent report on The New York Times. EPA/STR
Chinese solar equipment manufacturers are actively seeking Nigerian production partners as punishing import economics threaten to cap growth in one of Africa's fastest-expanding renewable energy markets, according to industry participants at a Lagos trade exhibition.
At the Powerlec International
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