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China's unprecedented plan to offer subsidies for utility-scale solar power projects is likely to spark a new round of investment Solar cell from Chinese solar panel makers. Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells The nation is trying to catch up in a global race to find alternatives to fossil fuels, blamed for carbon emissions affecting the planet's climate.



In the latest move to boost domestic solar industry, the Ministry of Finance 75W solar module unveiled a subsidy plan in late July. The government will subsidize 50 percent of investment for solar projects as well as relevant transmission and distribution systems that connect to grid networks.



For independent photovoltaic power generating systems in remote regions that have no power supply, the subsidy will rise to 70 percent, the ministry said in an announcement on its website.



Grid companies are required to buy all surplus electricity output from solar power projects that generate primarily for the developers' own needs, at rates similar to benchmark on-grid tariffs set for coal-fired generators.



To qualify for the subsidy, in addition to other requirements, each project must have a capacity of at least 300 kW peak, complete construction in one year and keep operations going for at least 20 years. The government plans to install more than 500 mW of solar pilot projects in two to three years.



China's bid to boost the solar energy sector could draw more than $10 billion in private funding for projects and put China on track to become a leading market for solar equipment in the next three years.



"Given the nascent nature of China's solar domestic market, this 500 mW program, though not huge, sends a strong signal that China is serious about developing its domestic solar market, and will undoubtedly stimulate more activity in domestic deployment by enterprises outside of the subsidy program," said Julian Wong, a senior policy analyst with the Center for American Progress.



"It's the policy from the central level to the provincial level, and all the government officials in China have been mobilized to develop renewable energy and new energy," said Jing Su, director of the US-China program with the American Council on Renewable Energy, which assists US companies in developing renewable energy projects in China.



In March, the Finance Ministry said it would provide 20 yuan per watt peak (Wp) of subsidy for projects attached to buildings that have capacity of more than 50 kW peak, which could cut the power generating cost by around half to about 1 yuan per kWh. And, the state-owned banks are flooding the industry with loans at considerably lower interest rates than available in Europe or the United States.