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China to install 17.8 GW of solar power in 2015, NEA

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Publish time: 20th March, 2015      Source: www.cnchemicals.com
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China has aimed to install 17.8 GW of solar power in 2015, as it seeks to boost renewable energy use, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said in a document on its website.The target is 20% higher than original aim of 15 GW of installations and nearly 70% more from the 10.52 GW of solar generation capacity China installed last year, aiming to stabilize and expand the solar application market.Last month, the NEA had said China aimed to install 15 GW of solar generating capacity this year, but that it would consult the industry before setting a final target.China in 2013 unveiled a plan to more than quadruple solar generating capacity to 35 GW by this year to shore up a solar panel sector.But transmission infrastructure has lagged behind the addition of generating capacity in China, resulting in idle solar farms in China's vast western regions.To redress the imbalance, China has been seeking to build more so-called distributed solar, meaning rooftop panels and other installations for small-scale use, to drive demand.The NEA did not set a distributed solar target for 2015, following a setback last year due to challenges such as insufficient subsidies and bank support and difficulties in acquiring rooftop rights.Of the 10.52 GW of solar installed in China last year - about a fifth of global demand - only 2.52 GW were distributed solar. That's less than an 8 GW target for distributed solar last year.At end-2014, China had 26.52 GW of grid-connected solar power, nearly 2% of China's total installed power capacity of 1,360 GW.