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How can solar PV supply chain diversification reduce supply chain risks?

Because diversification is one of the key strategies for reducing supply chain risks, the report assesses the opportunities and challenges of developing solar PV supply chains in terms of job creation, investment requirements, manufacturing costs, emissions and recycling.

Are solar PV supply chains cost-competitive?

Currently, the cost competitiveness of existing solar PV manufacturing is a key challenge to diversifying supply chains. China is the most cost-competitive location to manufacture all components of the solar PV supply chain. Costs in China are 10% lower than in India, 20% lower than in the United States, and 35% lower than in Europe.

Why is China launching a solar power plant?

Due to the government’s strong desire in developing strategic emerging industries in China, generous subsidies have been granted to PV enterprises and have triggered a marked increase in PV electricity production.

How did China develop a competitive solar PV industry?

The free flow of capital (for example, foreign finance-backed start-ups), talent (for example, international collaborations with Chinese researchers) and innovations (for example, technologies pioneered in labs overseas and licensed and mass-produced in China) were essential to the rise of China’s competitive solar PV industry 14.

Is China a leader in solar power?

With its total installed capacity of solar PV surpassing that of the United States in 2013 and Germany in 2015 ( 15, 16 ), China has maintained its leading global position in terms of not only the deployment of solar power but also the manufacture of PV modules.

What is China's Overseas solar value chain?

To characterize China's overseas solar value chain we coded and aggregated overseas project activities into three broad categories associated with the solar PV value chain segment in which the project falls, either upstream, manufacturing or downstream, based on the typology used in Kirkegaard et al. (2010).