According to the latest statistics, a total of 170,000 tons of polysilicon were produced in China in the first three quarters of 2017, an increase of 17% over the same period of 2007. In the same period, China produced 62 GW of silicon wafers, an increase of 44%; 51 GW of solar cells were produced, up 50%; solar modules 53 GW, an increase of 43% .In the first eight months of this year, China's exports of batteries and solar modules increased by 39% and 34% respectively year-on-year, but the total value of exports dropped due to falling prices.
At present, China's PV industry is facing three pressing issues: power cuts, subsidies arrears, financing difficulties.
In the photovoltaic system and power rationing, the industry pointed out that with the government's request to increase the proportion of clean energy in the energy structure, developers have invested in solar energy systems, most of which are built in the northwestern part of the country, the lack of long-distance transmission and distribution As a result, photovoltaic power generation is often constrained, and although the reduction is declining year after year, this issue remains a stumbling block to the development of the Chinese solar power industry.
Another big problem in China is the time lag between the construction of solar PV power plants and government subsidies, which are affecting the construction of power plants, and like most regions, China's solar industry is also subsidized, which means that as PV installed capacity Of the rapid growth of each project can not be immediately subsidized.Complementary subsidy granting process is the largest contributor to delays in subsidies, from application to approval of the time span of up to three years as of the end of 2016, the cumulative development of renewable energy electricity Subsidy gap of about 60 billion yuan (about 9 billion U.S. dollars).
The third issue facing the domestic solar industry is financing, and due to the large amount of funding needed to build the project, developers are struggling to find funding for building new power plants, especially for distributed solar projects.
According to the NEA's electricity development road map during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the state will substantially increase the share of renewable energy in power generation and consumption by 15% by 2020. In addition, the government plans to gradually reduce subsidies and force enterprises Through its own technology to improve production to reduce costs.
