Energy & Chemicals Industry Analysis

Analysis on Status Quo and Policies of China Photovoltaic Power Generation, 2018

According to the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Energy Administration, the standard on-grid power prices of photovoltaic power station newly put into running will decrease by 0.05 CNY/kWh. Ordinary photovoltaic power stations except those connected with the grid before May 31 will no longer obtain subsidy this year. The subsidy policy for distributed photovoltaic power generation has also been tightened with an annual upper limit of 10GW. This policy accelerated the decline of photovoltaic industry subsidy, and photovoltaic enterprises cannot count on subsidy…

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Energy & Chemicals

Hot Spots in China’s Photovoltaics Market, 2017

Photovoltaics market was sizzling in the first half year of 2017, hotter than the temperature of a summer day. Several hot sectors are as follows: 1 Photovoltaics Project Investment It was generally believed that before fair price was set for solar electricity, the 11GW installation of Jun, 2016 and 22GW new installed capacity of the first half of 2016 were unsurpassable. However, new records created in 2017 was 13.15 GW installation of Jun and 24GW new installed capacity of the first half year 2 Distributed Photovoltaics Project Investment Due to…

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Energy & Chemicals

Who Supplied Global Photovoltaic Market in 2016

At present, China is the largest polycrystalline silicon producer in the world with GCL-Poly being the market leader. However, in 2016, Wacker-Chemie (Germany) and OCI (South Korea) dominated the world’s second and third supplier positions in this field. The battle of photovoltaic trade between China and America is not over. Anti-dumping tariff has already caused a loss of American polycrystalline silicon producers and the two giant Suniva and SolarWorld still cannot avoid bankruptcy. Photovoltaic module and battery market remains diversified. Market share of the top ten manufacturers remains stable though…

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