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There is a growing cyber threat linked to Chinese-made solar inverters, underscoring the need for a ‘Made in Europe’ requirement for critical infrastructure. Global solar PV manufacturing capacity has increasingly moved from Europe, Japan and the United States to China over the last decade. China has invested over USD 50 billion in new PV supply capacity – ten times more than Europe − and created more than 300 000 manufacturing jobs across the solar PV. Solar and storage industry leaders from China and Europe gathered in Germany this week to advance cross-border partnerships, launch a bilateral storage collaboration platform, and coordinate strategies for scaling PV and battery deployment amid surging demand, grid pressures, and intensifying. In an unstable geo- political environment characterised by weaponised dependencies, this risk has become unacceptable. A new report from SolarPower Europe and Fraunhofer ISE models how solar systems that support supply chain resilience can be competitive with imports from China. Solar PV is the fastest-growing and most cost-effective electricity source worldwide. Gerard Scheper, CEO of European Solar, views this as a signal of deeper market changes.