Solar Power To Propel Small But Mighty Water-Cleaning Robot
Solar power is sending robots off to duty on harbor clean-up and other environmental chores.
Solar power is sending robots off to duty on harbor clean-up and other environmental chores.
China’s National Energy Administration announced last week the results of its first national solar auction for Feed-in Tariff (FiT)-approved projects, in which it awarded 22.78 gigawatts (GW) across 3,921 projects, all of which must be completed and grid-connected by the end of the year.
China’s Government approved the first of its long-awaited grid-parity renewable energy projects for 2019 this week, which include 4.5 gigawatts (GW) of wind and nearly 15 GW of solar PV.
China’s National Energy Administration announced Monday that a total of 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of solar was installed during the first quarter while, at the same time, the Price Bureau of China’s National Development and Reform Commission finally published its solar Feed-in Tariff policy for 2019 on Tuesday.
Information regarding the immediate future of China’s solar industry continues to be drip fed by the country’s government and experts believe that the current policy draft would amount to subsidies of RMB3 billion (US$447 million) which could support over 30 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity in 2019.
China’s solar industry is expected to transition towards a subsidy-free market which could begin as early as 2021, according to a new analysis of China’s solar industry published by Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory.
China is readying its national solar subsidy program eight months after it was effectively shunted aside after the Central Government announced its plans to cap new solar projects, and reports suggest a quota of 3 gigawatts (GW) is being planned.
China’s National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Agency announced big plans last week intended to drive the development of new subsidy-free wind and solar projects, providing the necessary political certainty that has been somewhat lacking since the Administration’s decision to undercut the solar industry in May of 2018.
IHS Markit has revised its 2018 China solar PV forecast upwards to 40 gigawatts (GW) in the wake of news that the country’s National Energy Administration is considering increasing its 2020 PV target to as much as 270 gigawatts GW.
China has installed a total of 34.5 gigawatts (GW) worth of new solar PV capacity in the first nine months of the year, according to figures published last week, with expectations that figure will hit 40 GW by the end of the year, despite significant cutbacks to the country’s solar plans.