Solar cell preferential policies

Why do we need a subsidy policy for polysilicon & solar cells?

The fiscal subsidy, financial support, and research and development support policies for the polysilicon and solar cells enterprises (the upstream) help expand the scale of manufacturing and speed up the technological progress of the downstream industry and reduce the costs and change the structures of end-products.

What is the policy related to solar energy development?

The only policy related to solar energy development is the supply-side R&D policy to promote and follow the development of solar technology. For the demand-side, Solar PV was planned by the government as the solution for non-electricity remote areas.

What are the principles underlying the screening of state-level solar PV industry policies?

The principles underlying the screening of the state-level solar PV industry policies are: first, the policy documents issued by the central government departments, i.e. the laws, plans, comments, methods, notices and announcements, etc. which can directly reflect the governmental policies.

Which countries have incentive policies for solar PV technology development?

Finally, we provide an outlook on the future of PV technology in the four countries and present future challenges and policy recommendations based on the current situation. Figure 1. Research structures. Table 1 shows the history footprint of incentive policies for solar PV technology development in China, Germany, Japan, and the USA.

How did incentive policies affect solar PV development?

Platzer et al. (Platzer, 2016) pointed out that the introduced incentive policies were the key factors to affecting the PV deployment and that they helped to initiate the early niche markets in the United States. Since the 1990s, Japan and Germany have become the leading countries in solar PV development.

What are the benefits of a solar energy policy?

These policies further enlarge the production scale of upstream firms, and stimulate increase in production; enable the upstream firms to provide cheaper and high-quality supply of goods to the middle firms that assemble solar panels, thus promoting the development of middle business and improving product quality.