WTO complaints against the Chinese solar industry were launched in 2011 by the US and in 2012 by the EU. There was realisation of and LDK both going bankrupt. wide cost-reduction. Within this plan, the China’s National Energy Administration issued, in December 2016, a specific Thirteenth Five Year Plan for Solar Energy Development.
An overview of the most recent development of solar energy in China. A new pattern from stationary to distributive forms of solar energy is highlighted. Reasons for the changing pattern: Diversified prices and subsidies. Challenges and policy options for the expansion of China's solar energy.
On top of this, in 2006, the Chinese government industry. Of course, the 2004-08 period was one of big increases in demand for solar panels feed-in-tarifs). Sun” demonstration stations. supply-chain expansion and indigenous R&D. The R&D goals became more detailed and cov- systems, and even production methods and tools.
The increased installed capacity, the heavy manufacturing, and the availability of materials on its domestic land allowed China to control the global solar market by imposing quotas and restrictions on importing countries. We have shown that China alone installed more than 50 % of the total Asian solar capacity in the span of 25 years.
China's structure change in energy consumption. Among China's solar capacity at the end of 2017, stationary solar capacity was 100 GW, while distributive solar capacity was only 30 GW . It is controversial to the original policy target of the Chinese central government.
It is great merit to alleviate the geographic imbalance in China's energy endowment. According to the prediction of IEA , Fig. 2 shows that by 2040, the installed capacity of solar photovoltaics is expected to exceed wind, accounting for 22% of China's total electricity capacities. It indicates the great potential of China's solar power market.