In a report titled "China's photovoltaic and wind power industries take the world by storm", the nikkei Chinese website reported that Chinese companies have been growing their presence in the renewable energy sector, not only sweeping products, but also the number of patent applications in the world.According to the report, the global photovoltaic power generation cannot do without China.
There are several reasons for China's leading edge in photovoltaic products.
The first is the high level of state support for the photovoltaic industry.According to statistics, since 2000, the Chinese government has introduced more than 100 policies to support the photovoltaic industry.The Chinese government has been providing strong support to the photovoltaic industry in terms of industry policies and photovoltaic power consumption policies.
As technology has improved, the cost of photovoltaic has fallen by more than 90%.In the past decade, many core technologies in the industry have been first introduced or put into large-scale use by Chinese companies.
Domestic demand is also behind the rapid growth of the photovoltaic industry.In 2018, China accounted for 26.7 percent of the world's electricity generation, ranking first in the world.China is the world's most populous country and second-largest economy, and its demand for electricity is itself larger than that of most other countries.
Compared with China's growing "presence" in the photovoltaic industry, the U.S., Germany, Japan and other photovoltaic panel industries are in decline.In addition to the price factor, the backward technology also causes the former leader to gradually lose out in the global competition.At the same time, under the influence of policy fluctuations and enterprise expansion, the volatility of the photovoltaic market is relatively severe, which is also an important reason for the decline of foreign photovoltaic industry.
China leads the world in a number of photovoltaic data
According to the international renewable energy agency (IRENA), China's photovoltaic capacity grew nearly 700-fold in the decade to 2018.During the same period, global photovoltaic power generation increased by 33 times, with China playing a leading role.
China overtook Japan in 2009 as the world's largest source of renewable-energy-related patents.By 2016, it had about 170,000 patents, 1.6 times as many as the us and twice as many as Japan.
China has ranked first in the world in the number of new photovoltaic installations for six consecutive years, and the cumulative installed capacity has ranked first in the world for four consecutive years.
In terms of the global market share of China's photovoltaic products of the whole industry chain, in 2018, polysilicon accounted for 57.8 percent, batteries and components more than 70 percent, and silicon ingots and wafers accounted for about 90 percent.
From the perspective of market resources development, the domestic market added 53 gigawatts in 2017 and 44 gigawatts in 2018, making it the world's largest photovoltaic market.
In addition, over the past 10 years, the cost of photovoltaic products and power generation has dropped by more than 90%, the production technology level and equipment localization rate have been greatly improved, and the annual output value of photovoltaic has exceeded 500 billion yuan.
Chinese manufacturers account for 70% of the global photovoltaic market
At last count, China accounted for about 70% of the global market for photovoltaic panels;The top three solar panel brands by market share are all made in China.
However, a 70 per cent market share does not mean that 70 per cent of manufacturers are Chinese.This is because, while many Chinese pv companies are "going global", most of the world's pv companies are also choosing to locate their factories in China or outsource their actual manufacturing to China.
China to become 'pioneer' in tackling climate change
In addition to surging production, China is also playing an important role in the global renewable energy market and the fight against climate change.In the past 10 years, the new energy landscape of the world has changed a lot, in large part because of the rapid development of renewable energy in China.
China's installed photovoltaic capacity exploded in 2013 and became the world's largest two years later."In terms of scale, China has become the largest country in the development of renewable energy," said zhu tong, director of the research office of energy economics at the institute of industrial economics of the Chinese academy of social sciences and a research associate at the China society for economic reform.
China is also increasing the share of renewable energy in its power mix.According to IRENA's calculations, China's renewable energy development reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 1.494 billion tons in 2017, accounting for 16.4 percent of the total emissions that year.In the same year, renewable energy in the United States reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 493.4 million tons, or 9.6 percent of that year's emissions.
With the rapid growth of renewable energy, China has become a "pioneer" in the global response to climate change.An article on the world economic forum's website said the growing supply of renewable energy would make China more "energy independent" and increasingly influential as the world's renewable energy superpower.
Soapy photovoltaic network (solarbe.com) responsibility editor: xiao zhou