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.
As for distributed solar power, there are two utilization models: (A) self-consumption and selling surplus to the grid; and (B) selling all solar generations to the grid. To reduce the costs of transmission and distribution (such as transmission loss), model A is more encouraged by the Chinese government.
“We expect a smart and well-connected grid to become a core component of China’s ‘Energy Internet’ — a modernized power system that integrates different types of power resources and enables large-scale, interactive energy transmission and transaction,” the authors write.
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.
However, as China aims to install a further multi-gigawatts of solar power capacity in the next decade, it is vital to incentivize and manage the balanced and sustainable expansion of solar power.
Wind and solar now account for 37% of the total power capacity in the country, an 8% increase from 2022, and widely expected to surpass coal capacity, which is 39% of the total right now, in 2024. Cumulative annual utility-scale solar & wind power capacity in China, in gigawatts (GW)
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