China Solar Photovoltaic Support Steel

How important is trade for metal supply in China's PV sector?

Both metals have similar and high cumulative supply pressure in China’s PV sector, which highlight trade’s importance for metal supply in PV’s industry. For base metal, cumulative demand in China’s PV sector is 17.3–22.8 times in 2050 than in 2018.

Will solar photovoltaics be a dominant electricity technology by 2050?

Solar photovoltaics (PV) are often seen as an important part of low-carbon power generation, originates from the rapid growth in PV installation all over the world seen in the recent decade. With adequate support, PV could be a dominant electricity technology with a share of 30–50% in electricity generation by 2050 .

Is copper more important than silver in China's future PV industry?

The main conclusions can be summarized as follow: Copper is expected to have even higher annual supply pressure than silver in China’s future PV industry. Both metals have similar and high cumulative supply pressure in China’s PV sector, which highlight trade’s importance for metal supply in PV’s industry.

Why is metal availability important in PV technology?

Like most other renewable energy technologies, PV technologies tend to be more metal intensive, which makes metal availability an important consideration for future large-scale deployment , , . 1.1. Review of earlier works