According to our analysis, if electricity prices of the provinces remain unchanged, the cost of PV electricity could be reduced to 0.52–1.22 RMB/kWh by 2015, which is comparable with the grid prices in regions with large PV capacity and high electricity prices, such as Guangdong, Beijing, and Shanghai.
In particular, in the economically developed eastern provinces (e.g. Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong etc.), the PV electricity (mainly BIPV) is 0.67–0.86 RMB/kWh. The cost of LSPV stations ranges from 0.45 to 0.75 RMB/kWh, lower than the BIPV system owing to the scale effect and the strong solar radiation.
Since 2009, the Chinese government has taken a series of measures to promote solar PV installation in China. In March 2009, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development initiated the first national PV program to subsidize BIPV systems larger than 50 kWp with 0.2 RMB/Wp (equivalent to 0.12–0.20 RMB/kWh).
The cost of solar PV electricity generation is affected by many local factors, making it a challenge to understand whether China has reached the threshold at which a grid-connected solar PV system supplies electricity to the end user at the same price as grid-supplied power or the price of desulfurized coal electricity, or even lower.
Considering the cost components specific for renewables, this study conducted an economic feasibility and cost parity analysis of China's PV generation, so that the competitive potential and the spatiotemporal development pattern of technology costs could be worked out. The research framework (Fig. 2) and process is outlined as follows:
Although solar photovoltaic use grows rapidly in China, comparison with grid prices is difficult as photovoltaic electricity prices depend on local factors. Using prefecture-level data, Yan et al. find that 100% of user-side systems can achieve grid parity, while 22% can produce electricity cheaper than coal-based power plants.
Cost and CO2 reductions of solar photovoltaic power generation in China ...
This study reveals that the cost of solar electricity could be reduced to 0.45–0.75 RMB/kWh for LSPV and 0.52–0.90 RMB/kWh for BIPV in China by 2020, which is 11–74% higher than grid prices. The costs of PV electricity vary significantly among provinces. In the eastern provinces, where economic activities are intensive and a large amount ...
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China is expected to have a total installed photovoltaic capacity of 1300 GW in 2050, accounting for 39% of the national electricity consumption. However, air pollutants consisting of gases and particulates have attenuation effects on the solar radiation reaching the photovoltaic panels. This work purports to assess the influence of air pollutants on the …
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In terms of autocorrelation characteristics, provinces in Northern China mainly present the high-high characteristics with Inner Mongolia and Ningxia as typical representatives, while the total installed capacity and competition levels of photovoltaic power stations in Southern China are not high, mainly due to the solar conditions and construction planning of different …
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Although solar photovoltaic use grows rapidly in China, comparison with grid prices is difficult as photovoltaic electricity prices depend on local factors. Using prefecture-level data, Yan et al. find that 100% of user-side systems can achieve grid parity, while 22% can produce electricity cheaper than coal-based power plants.
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The historical LCOE calculations include Chinese solar PV module prices, interest rates, land-use costs, inverter replacement costs, and solar PV power generation (Supplementary Table 3).
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To achieve the national target that renewable power would meet half of the total electricity demand by 2030 in China, solar energy is attached with strategic importance and is expected to produce 20%-25% of the total electricity by 2050 [1], which is generally consistent with the long-term national climate target of reaching net-zero emission before 2060 [2].
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Specifically, using patent data for the distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) market in China from 2005 to 2014, in this paper we address the following questions: (1) Is there evidence of demand-induced innovation? (2) Does the effect of local demand-pull policy differ from the effect of non-local demand-pull policy on demand-induced innovation? These questions are …
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Zou H, Du H, Ren J, Sovacool BK, Zhang Y, Mao G (2017) Market dynamics, innovation, and transition in China''s solar photovoltaic (PV) industry: a critical review. Renew Sust Energ Rev 69:197–206. Article Google Scholar Haley UCV, Schuler DA (2013) Government policy and firm strategy in the solar photovoltaic industry. Environ Manag Regul ...
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2 · China''s new photovoltaic installations reached 181 GW during the first 10 months, a 27 percent year-on-year increase, while the country''s exports of solar cells and modules grew by …
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In 2020, Present Xi declared that China aims to peak its carbon emissions by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2060. China has developed the world''s largest solar PV capacity. By the end of 2022, the cumulative installed capacity of solar energy in China reached 392.04 GW, accounting for over one-third of the global total [6, 7].
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In order to develop solar PV systems efficiently in China, and provide references to the central and local governments for RPS target-setting in terms of PV power consumption, this paper depicts reasonable deployment maps of solar PV stations at the provincial level from 2020 to 2022. With the emphasis on regional disparity, this paper firstly evaluates the …
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