Solar dealers eye Africa after EU boycott (2)

Yang said he was not very familiar with the continent, and had just heard "the sunshine is rich, power supply has serious shortages, but the political and economic situation is not stable."

And the most worrying thing is, "can they afford the cost of solar power which is much higher than that of other polluting energy sources?" Yang asked.

Yang's expectations and concerns about Africa are similar to those of other businessmen at the summit.

"The solar firms who are experiencing a difficult time currently also lack capital, which is another challenge," Li Peipei, sales manager at the Linuo Power Group, a Shandong-based solar firm that has already sold a few solar power generation products to South Africa, told the Global Times at the summit.

"It is also difficult to maintain the PV plants after construction is completed because there is a shortage of professional workers in the local area," Li said.

Most of China's domestic solar energy enterprises stopped production and around 80 percent of their employees lost their jobs or suspended work after the US and EU anti-dumpling and anti-subsidies actions in the past few months, industry insiders complained.

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