EU alternatives to Chinese Energy & Climate
36 non-Chinese options for buyers in the European Union. The full Chinese Energy & Climate catalogue is at /category/energy/.
ID. family electric cars (ID.3, ID.4, ID.7, ID. Buzz) and hybrids
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Onshore wind turbines, grid equipment and BWRX-300 SMR via GE Vernova Hitachi
- wind and SMRs
- ✓ Available in EU
Solar modules; vertically integrated ingot-to-module factory in Georgia, USA
- US-made modules
- ✓ Available in EU
EV and ESS battery cells; plants in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Wrocław
- EV and ESS cells
- ✓ Available in EU
Grid-scale Megapack and home Powerwall battery storage systems
- grid-scale storage
- ✓ Available in EU
Hyperpure polysilicon from Burghausen/Nünchritz (DE) and Charleston, Tennessee
- non-China polysilicon
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Fuel cell power modules (100-300 kW) for city buses, coaches and heavy trucks
- Bus/truck fuel cell modules
- Enterprise sales only
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Renault 5, Renault 4 and Scenic E-Tech electric cars; Ampere EV unit
- affordable EVs
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Peugeot, Fiat, Opel, Citroën, Jeep and Ram EVs and hybrids
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
BMW i electric cars (iX, i4, i5, iX3 Neue Klasse) and plug-in hybrids
- premium EVs
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
EQ/electric Mercedes cars and vans (CLA, GLC, EQS, eSprinter)
- premium EVs
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Battery-electric cars: Model 3, Model Y, Model S/X, Cybertruck
- ✓ Available in EU
IONIQ 5/6/9 and Kona Electric EVs; IONIQ 5 built in Georgia, USA
- ✓ Available in EU
Hybrids, plug-in hybrids and bZ battery-electric models
- hybrids and EVs
- ✓ Available in EU
Mustang Mach-E (US), Explorer and Capri EVs (Europe), hybrids
- ✓ Available in EU
Enel's HJT cell and module gigafactory in Catania, Italy
- EU-made HJT cells
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Chemnitz-based maker of Made in Germany NeMo and Apollon solar modules
- Modules made in Germany
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
French TOPCon module maker in Alsace, ~500 MW a year
- TOPCon modules made in France
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Lithuanian glass-glass solar modules made in Vilnius
- Glass-glass modules
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
HJT solar panels (Alpha Pure-R/RX) made in Singapore; Reliance-owned since 2021
- HJT modules
- ✓ Available in EU
Onshore and offshore wind turbines; largest Western turbine maker
- onshore and offshore
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Offshore and onshore wind turbines; part of Siemens Energy
- offshore leader
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
German onshore wind turbine maker (Delta4000 platform)
- onshore
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
EV and ESS battery cells; plants in Göd (Hungary) and Kokomo, Indiana
- EV and ESS cells
- ✓ Available in EU
EV and ESS battery cells; plants in Georgia (US) and Hungary
- EV pouch cells
- ✓ Available in EU
AP1000 and AP300 reactor vendor; nuclear fuel and services
- AP1000 PWR
- ✓ Available in EU
French utility and EPR/EPR2 reactor vendor; Framatome builds nuclear islands
- EPR / EPR2
- ⚠ Limited availability
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Korean reactor vendor (APR1000/APR1400); building Dukovany II in Czechia
- APR1000
- ⚠ Limited availability
PV and battery inverters from residential to utility-scale (Sunny Central)
- utility and home inverters
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Austrian string and hybrid PV inverters (GEN24, Tauro) for homes and C&I
- residential and C&I
- ✓ Available in EU
- ✓ EU-based vendor
Optimized string inverters and batteries; inverters made in Texas
- residential and C&I
- ✓ Available in EU
Microinverters (IQ8), IQ Battery storage and home energy management
- residential solar+storage
- ✓ Available in EU
Utility-scale battery storage (Smartstack, Gridstack) with US-content option
- grid-scale storage
- ✓ Available in EU
Fuel cell systems supplied to truck makers (Iveco, Scania); 3rd gen from 2026
- Truck fuel cell systems
- Enterprise sales only
French EV battery cell maker; gigafactory at Billy-Berclau/Douvrin
- EU-made EV cells
- ⚠ Limited availability
- ✓ EU-based vendor
PEM fuel cell engines for buses, trucks, rail and marine
- bus/truck fuel cells
- ✓ Available in EU