Once accredited with the Clean Energy Council, solar PV installations are eligible for government rebates such as Small-scale Technology Certificates and feed-in tarifs.
Secondly, fiscal and tax policies were introduced to support PV enterprises. For DSPV, the China Development Bank and the National Energy Administration jointly published the Opinions on Supporting Financial Services for Distributed Solar Photovoltaics, providing credit support for distributed solar PV projects.
Then promoting the application of PV technology has been highly concerned. A set of supportive policies have been introduced including the Feed-in Tariff Scheme, Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation Project, and other demonstration projects. Later regulation, de-subsidization, and solar power consumption became the hot spot.
While utility-scale projects still predominate in 2050, the REmap analysis expects distributed solar PV installations to grow more rapidly, driven by policies and supportive measures, as well as consumer engagement in the clean energy transformation.
This report clearly points out that solar PV is one of the strategic renewable technologies needed to realise the global energy transformation in line with the Paris climate goals. The technology is available now, could be deployed quickly at a large scale and is cost-competitive.
Despite setbacks, there is reason to believe that the future of solar PV employment is nonetheless bright, given the urgency for more ambitious climate and energy transition policies, as well as the expectation that countries are learning important lessons on the design and coherence of policies.