The last decade has seen the rise of China as the new center of solar photovoltaic power manufacture, and the next will likely see it become a center of its deployment. The chapter explores the conditions that have enabled China’s rapid expansion into solar PV manufacture, and its broad impact on global competition.
Pilot projects In 2002, China initiated the “Power Supply Plan for Rural Areas without Electricity in the Western Provinces and Regions”, with a total investment of 2.6 billion. The installed capacity of PV modules reached 19.6 MWp, which strongly promoted the development of China’s solar PV industry and stimulated market expansion.
New and cumulative installed capacities of China's solar PV power from 2000 to 2017. In order to effectively coordinate the scale and speed of the solar PV installation with the economic development, China has occasionally set and adjusted the development targets for solar PV power.
The installed capacity of PV modules reached 19.6 MWp, which strongly promoted the development of China’s solar PV industry and stimulated market expansion. This is by far the largest construction project based on solar PV power generation in rural areas without a power supply that has been carried out to date.
The China Solar Photovoltaic (PV) market research report offers comprehensive information and understanding of the solar PV market in China. The report discusses the renewable power market in the country and provides forecasts up to 2035. China Solar PV Market Outlook, 2022-2035 (GW)
This study constructs an energy-economy-environment integrated model by way of a dynamic programming approach to explore China's solar PV power optimal development path during the period 2018–2050 from the perspective of minimum cost.