Featured in Green leap forward – 02-2012

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China: When a national feed-in tariff (FIT) was announced in July 2011, some believed a lack of detail and transparency could undermine the programs effectiveness. Seven months on, though some of the details remain opaque, China as a PV end market is showing signs of rapid expansion. pv magazine investigates the global impact of Chinas FITs and the ways foreign companies can access the market.

By

Eckhart Gouras

31 Jan 2012

The turnaround has been remarkable. At the end of 2010, China’s installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity was less than one gigawatt (GW). The country had very modest goals to develop its domestic market with just five GW of installed solar power targeted for the year 2015, the last year of the current 12th Five Year Plan. …

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