Featured in Step on the gas – 12-2012

Decentralizing

China: Large-scale solar power plants in western China have dominated the country’s PV market so far. However, new measures like a 500 MW per province rooftop PV program should give a big boost to distributed solar power. A report from Solarpraxis AG’s and TÜV Rheinland’s PV Module and PV Power Plant Workshop in Shanghai.

On September 25, 2012, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced a new program to promote distributed photovoltaic installations in China. As is often the case in this country, the dimensions are impressive: each province is requested to submit a proposal to the NEA for up to 500 MW of distributed PV, located in up to …

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