China 13th Solar Energy Development Five Year Plan (2016-2020)
The 13th Solar Energy Development Five Year Plan (2016-2020) was adopted by National Energy Administration on 8th of December 2016 establishing targets for solar energy deployment until 2020. Targets are as follow:
Solar energy technology | Target by 2020 | Targeted costs reductions |
Solar PV | At least 105 GW | By 50% by 2020 in comparison to 2015 costs. |
CSP | 5 GW | Reduction of feed-in tariffs (FITs) for SCP to RMB 0.8yuan/kWh. |
Solar thermal | 800 million square meters of installations | - |
The Plan puts an emphasis on further deployment of distributed PV by its increased usage in agriculture, building and fishery sectors.
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