2019 Photovoltaic Power Generation Policy Is About To Start,PV Installation Target Will Be Raised
Nov 05, 2018
On the morning of November 2, 2018, the National Energy Administration held a symposium on the mid-term evaluation results of the 13th Five-Year Plan for Solar Energy Development to discuss the adjustment of the development planning targets in the “13th Five-Year Plan” photovoltaic power generation and solar thermal power generation. Representatives from energy authorities in more than a dozen provinces, the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Electric Power Planning and Design Institute, the Hydropower and Water Resources Planning and Design Institute, and other industry associations such as the China Photovoltaic Industry Association and power grid companies and more than a dozen PV companies participated. Meeting
According to the “13th Five-Year Plan for Solar Energy Development” released in December 2016, by the end of 2020, the installed capacity of China's photovoltaic power generation capacity is 105GW, and the installed capacity of CSP is 5GW. In fact, as of September 2018, the cumulative installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation in China has reached 165 GW, far exceeding the target of the 13th Five-Year Plan. Although the goal of PV installation in the 13th Five-Year Plan is not to constrain the scale, it will not limit the higher installed capacity. However, when the “13th Five-Year Plan” is halfway through, the adjustment of the planning target becomes necessary.
At the meeting, representatives of the General Electric Power Planning and Design Institute made relevant reports on the “13th Five-Year Plan” for solar energy development. All the participating guests then made relevant speeches in conjunction with their respective work.
It is understood that the relevant leaders of the National Energy Administration will continue to support the vigorous development of photovoltaics, one of the key types of clean energy supported by the state. Before 2022, subsidies will be gradually subsidized, and the process of affordable Internet access will not be promoted across the board. Before actually entering the comprehensive “de-subsidy”, the National Energy Administration will still guarantee a certain amount of subsidy installed capacity each year and promote further decline in subsidy intensity. It is reported that in the next month or more, the National Energy Administration will focus on accelerating the introduction of relevant policies for the photovoltaic industry in 2019 to provide guarantee for the stable development of the market.
In addition, for the suggestions of the participants, the relevant supervisors also recognized the idea of separately managing the distributed PV and industrial and commercial distribution of households, and will further guide and support the orderly development of household distributed PV.
According to China's current manufacturing scale and the development goals of some power investment companies, China needs 40GW of new installations per year to maintain the orderly development of the industry and further reduce costs through economies of scale.
According to the discussion of relevant leaders and participants, the goal of 210GW is also a bit low. The PV installation target of China's solar energy development “13th Five-Year Plan” is expected to be adjusted to more than 250GW, or even 270GW. In the future, the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, the General Electric Power Institute and other institutions will conduct detailed investigations on the medium-term adjustment of the “13th Five-Year Plan” for photovoltaic and thermal power generation in light of actual developments, and make corresponding adjustments.
Relevant leaders of the National Energy Administration also made an appeal at the meeting, hoping that PV industry associations, institutions, enterprises and governments will support each other and jointly safeguard the healthy development of clean energy.
