Shashi Solar Power Generation

Can China develop large-scale solar power?

The power generation at maximum installed capacity would be 1.38874 × 10 14 kWh, or 21.4 times the total national electricity production of China in 2016. These results show that there is significant scope for the further development of large-scale PV in China.

Can large-scale PV generation meet China's power demand?

All regions of China except those in the North China and Jiangsu, Zhejiang as well as Fujian, have sufficient generation potential to meet their power demand by vigorously developing large-scale PV generation as a substitute for current power generation.

Does China have a price threshold for solar power?

The cost of solar PV electricity generation is affected by many local factors, making it a challenge to understand whether China has reached the threshold at which a grid-connected solar PV system supplies electricity to the end user at the same price as grid-supplied power or the price of desulfurized coal electricity, or even lower.

Can solar PV technology reach grid parity?

Previous studies on solar PV grid parity mainly focused on developed countries and regions such as Germany, Cyprus, Italy, the United States and Europe. Researchers assumed that PV technology could reach grid parity between 2013 and 2020 in most developed countries 2, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Is a high GHI threshold a feasible threshold for PV installation?

Since an annual GHI higher than 1400 kWh/m 2 and slope lower than 3 degrees has been widely used in previous studies as a threshold for PV installation to be feasible, here we conduct sensitivity analysis on these two key assumptions, and the result can be seen in Fig. 7.