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| A solar park in Shaanxi province. (Photo/Xinhua) |
After being
on the receiving end of US antisubsidy and antidumping duties, as well as EU
antidumping measures, China's solar photovoltaic industry is receiving strong
support from the government, particularly for its PV distributed generation
systems, the online version of Guangzhou's 21st Century Business Herald
reports.
The
country's PV manufacturing enterprises received a notice in late September
regarding a pilot program aimed at the distribution of photovoltaic power
generation.
The
National Energy Administration recently asked all provinces to submit by Oct.
15 their plans for implementing the pilot program, highlighting the
government's willingness to support the country's PV enterprises and develop
renewable energy.
Distributed
generation, also called decentralized generation, produces power from various
small energy sources and has a lower environmental impact.
The notice
said that each province would be allowed to apply for the support of three
generation facilities at the most, with the total installed capacity not
exceeding 500MW in principle. Given that 21 provinces will be covered under the
plan, the total generation capacity could reach 15GW.
The report
said that several solar PV enterprises had applied to take part in the program.
The
National Energy Administration announced on Sept. 12 that it had raised the
country's 2015 target for installed solar energy capacity to 21GW, which would
include the capacity generated through PV distributed generation, pegged at
10GW.
However, it
later raised its target of PV distributed generation capacity to 15GW. Based on
the cost of distributed PV power generation at 15,000 yuan (US$2,400) per
kilowatt, the total investment is expected to reach 225 billion yuan (US$36
billion).
In
addition, the administration also encouraged provinces to use their own budgets
and national subsidies to support the construction of distributed PV power
generation demonstration areas.
In the
past, China's PV power generation industry had focused on the development of
large-scale ground and rooftop photovoltaic power station projects. These two
types of projects had faced problems integrating with the grid.
A total of
12 enterprises have been authorized to support the development of the photovoltaic
industry.
One
industry expert said however that there was still ample room for improving the
pilot program and for the development of distributed photovoltaic power
generation. Regulating the ways in which subsidies are provided and the amount
of subsidies determined was unclear, while PV enterprises are worried about the
returns they would get on their investments.
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