Is the “Sun” still hot in China? The study of the present situation, problems and trends of the photovoltaic industry in China

Zhang, Ming; Ouyang, Shaojie; Shi, Hui; Yujian, Ge

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.12.004

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“…Although Solar Energy only occupies a small proportion in current renewable and sustainable energy, its development was rapid in recent years [3][4][5], photovoltaic (PV) technology can convert the sunlight into DC (direct current) electricity directly, solar cells could be used in off-grid and grid electric power systems, the size and number of solar cells and modules could be chosen according to the electric power demand of the systems easily, thus PV technology was used more conveniently than other kinds of renewable and sustainable energy [6]. The scale of worldwide PV industry is becoming larger and larger [7,8], the worldwide total production of solar cells and modules had reached 38.5 GW in 2012, the worldwide total cumulative amount of PV power plants had reached nearly 100 GW in 2012 [9], the total production of solar cell modules was about 24 GW in China in 2013 and the total amount of PV power plants was about 7.9 GW in China in 2012 [10], it was estimated that the worldwide electricity generated by solar cells will reach 280 TW h in 2030 [4,11]. There are many kinds of solar cells, and about 90% of the worldwide solar cells are crystalline silicon solar cells, which are made of monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon wafers [3], others include III-V, thin film, dyesensitized, organic solar cells, and so on [6].…”

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A review of concentrator silicon solar cells

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Han

Wang

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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A review of concentrator silicon solar cells

Xing

Han

Wang

et al. 2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…China's research PV technology have launched several type of solar cell such as high efficiency crystalline silicon cells, amorphous silicon, thin film, batteries, CdTe, CIS thin film and polysilicon thin film batterie [28] In the future, intelligence, light weight and combination with building are other important thing to a PV product other than efficiency and reliability [29] Pre 2014 the comparison of the efficiency of various types of PV power generation technologies; for silicon cells in China, it is already relatively the same as the international level (mono 19%, poly 1717.5%), but for amorphous it is slightly different where the international standard has reached 10% while the technology in China has only reached 8%. [30] there was a start to research on third generation of solar cell, in example the Oceans King Lighting which the company focused on organic cells.…”

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PV industry in China and three Southeast Asia countries: A systematic literature review using PRISMA

Rambey

Setiawan

Madsuha

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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One form of renewable energy utilization that has been recognized as environmentally friendly and helps maintain world carbon emissions is Photovoltaic (PV), where global energy companies are starting to move towards PV investment. This study highlights the PV industry condition in China as a giant country in producing PV and three South-East Asia states. Systematic literature review with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) is used as the methodology for collecting data. PICOS (Population, Intervention, Comparator Group, Outcome or Endpoint, Study Design) is used as an approach method for forming questions in searching for data sources. PRISMA diagrams are formulated in a hierarchical form to select potential sources of literature. Finally, this study uses 71 literatures from China, 5 literatures from Indonesia, 9 literatures from Malaysia, and 4 literatures from Vietnam. This finding indicates that with abundant literature discusses China’s PV industry, their PV industry is more advanced compared to three South-East Asia countries, which they are still lack understanding and knowledge of PV especially its industry and their aim for PV industry is still unclear.

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“…In addition, unified planning and poor site selection for intermitted renewable energy source based power plant have resulted in mismatch between the grid capacity and PV power plant output during peak time in some parts of the world (Siheng et al 2016;Ming 2015). On the other hand, arbitrary site selection and neglecting the transmission line available reserve margin in the procedure have resulted in some PV power plant exceeding the local transmission line reserve margin and grid unable to transmit the energy to the load centers during peak hours (Chinairn 2013;Aly Sanoh 2014;Quansah 2016).…”

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GIS-Based Assessment of Solar Energy Harvesting Sites and Electricity Generation Potential in Zambia

Mwanza

Ülgen

2021

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Land and environment are some of limited nature resource for any particular country and requires best use. Therefore, for sustainable energy generation it is often important to maximize land use and avoid or minimize environmental and social impact when selecting the potential locations for solar energy harvesting. This chapter presents an approach for identifying and determining the potential sites and available land areas for solar energy harvesting. Hence, the restricting and enhancing parameters that influence sites selection based on international regulation have been imposed to the Laws of Zambia on environmental protection and pollution control legislative framework. Thus, both international regulations and local environmental protection and pollution control legislative have been used for identifying the potential sites and evaluating solar PV electricity generation potential in these potential sites. The restricting parameters were applied to reduce territory areas to feasible potential sites and available areas that are suitable for solar energy harvesting. The assessment involved two different models: firstly the assessment of potential sites and mapping using GIS, and secondly, evaluation of the available suitable land areas and feasible solar PV electricity generation potential in each provinces using analytical methods. The total available suitable area of the potential sites is estimated at 82,564.601 km2 representing 10.97% of Zambia’s total surface area. This potential is equivalent to 10,240.73 TWh annual electricity generation potential with potential to reduce CO2 emissions in the nation and achieve SDGs. The identification of potential sites and solar energy will help improve the understanding of the potential solar energy can contribute to achieving sustainable national energy mix in Zambia. Furthermore, it will help the government in setting up tangible energy targets and effective integration of solar PV systems into national energy mix.

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Is the “Sun” still hot in China? The study of the present situation, problems and trends of the photovoltaic industry in China

Cited by 30 publications

References 23 publications

A review of concentrator silicon solar cells

A review of concentrator silicon solar cells

PV industry in China and three Southeast Asia countries: A systematic literature review using PRISMA

GIS-Based Assessment of Solar Energy Harvesting Sites and Electricity Generation Potential in Zambia

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