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China’s push for quality

Quality management: The Chinese government has published new regulations for manufacturers at various levels in the solar industry, in an effort to gain some control over rampant expansions and limit the effects of overcapacity. The regulations include minimum research and development investments, and efficiency standards for new and old lines that have manufacturers pushing for PERC across the board.

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Brian Publicover

17 May 2018

The Chinese government’s new annual production guidelines for the solar industry – which impose R&D investment quotas on domestic companies for the first time – are the latest development in Beijing’s ongoing effort to gradually encourage the adoption of high-efficiency PV modules, while further reining in overcapacity across the value chain. But while the impact …

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