One month after announcing China’s new subsidy-free solar and wind policy, the Chinese government wants to re-instate solar subsidies for certain projects. Subsidies were largely halted in May 2018 forcing manufacturers to look for new international markets. Module prices slumped as a result of the fall in Chinese domestic demand.
According to PV-Tech news, the government could make a RMB3 billion (US$443 million) available for fixed subsidies in 2019.
The money would be ring-fenced for projects that are judged to require subsidy in order to be viable. These would include the country’s poverty alleviation solar programme, residential solar, ground-mount projects, and C&I projects.
The ring-fenced funding for residential solar is a first in China. Residential projects connected to the grid after the 31 May policy change (531 New Deal) will be eligible to apply for the new support.
Projects looking to access subsidy support would be required to bid for it annually. The exact mechanism of any bidding remains a work in progress. However, three tiers of benchmark prices, based on three regions split by irradiation levels, have been revealed. These will fall on a predictable quarterly basis. Any project with a delayed grid connection would, therefore, have its support cut accordingly. ——————–***——————–
Source:https://www.pv-tech.org/news/china-mulls-solar-subsidy-u-turn
Photo:www.energymetalnews.com
…………………………………….
‘All rights to go to the author of the news & image as mentioned above’
——————————————-
‘All rights go to the author of the news and image mentioned above’
Location: China
Date: Feb 20, 2019 @ 18:35
Instagram Post Source: http://instagram.com/solar_edition
Media Type: image
https://solaredition.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/china-think-about-solar-subsidy-u-turn.-one-month-after-announcing-chinas-new-subsidy-free-solar-and.jpg
Disclaimer: ‘all rights go to the author of the news and image mentioned above’, Solar Edition do not own the content and is distributing the information only for non-profit and educational reasons as a Solar Power Influencer.
