Why did China cut solar subsidies?

The motivation behind the cut was that China wanted to ensure the local solar industry was economically sustainable over the long term. However, more recently, China’s finance ministry committed to granting 57 percent more subsidies to solar power projects this year, but cut subsidies for wind power.

Which countries subsidize solar power plants?

Low and Abrahamson (1997). As the same as Europe (EU), the United States of America (USA) and Japan, China launched a national solar subsidy program in June 2009, named Golden Sun Program, which subsidized 50% of investment for solar power plants, with a total amount of 10 billion RMB (1.6 billion USD).

Do government subsidies improve the innovation efficiency of China's PV industry?

Some scholars have used data envelopment analysis and the Tobit model to analyze the relationship between the development of China's PV industry and government subsidies, and the study shows that government subsidies play an important role in improving the innovation efficiency of China's PV industry (Lin and Luan, 2020).

When will China stop subsidizing solar projects?

Effective August 1, 2021, China will stop subsidizing new solar farm projects, distributed solar projects for commercial users, and onshore wind farms. For years, China had been generous towards wind and solar projects.

Why does China have the largest solar capacity in the world?

For years, China had been generous towards wind and solar projects. This has resulted in China having the largest solar and wind capacity in the world, as well as cornering the market for the manufacturing of products essential to renewable technologies.

Does Chinese government subsidy guide the investment of emerging industries?

As to the domestic researchers in China, Guo and He (2011) investigated on the emerging industries and found out that the subsidy of Chinese government did not guide the investment of industry very well, and more improvements are needed in setting subsidy target, method and process.