The challenges for solar power development in China

Introduction
- In China, people rely on using coal lead to a harmful effect on environment and
citizen’s health
- Developing natural gas & renewable energy to improve the situation
- Solar power is a major part of the plan
develop the solar cell
solar device (Eg. Heater & air-conditioning system) are becoming common
While China is giving a significant effort on developing solar power, the challenges of
instable nature factors, expensive costs, returns for the developers and the
Implementation difficulties are challenging the Chinese government.

Affected by instable nature factors

Explanation:
- The strength of solar power is affected by various factors: season, location,
climate and etc
- Take Qinghai (always be pointed as a good place to develop solar power)as an
example ample sunshine but harsh weather in winter and spring  Difficult to
maintain a constant effect of solar power
Solution:
- Save much energy in the sunny weather
- Maintain an average storage and use it when necessary to balance the
fluctuations

High developing and production cost

Explanation:
- The price of solar panels and solar modules are still in a high levelhigh
costsolar power remain a small slice of the total number of energy
consumption : Suntech’s sale in China are only 1.5% of its total
Solution:
- Due to the technology improvement & crushing energy demand, the cost will
decline gradually.
- Local government should help to improve the industrial development
 invest directly to the industry or provide a research grants
Returns for developers
Explanation:
- Owing to meet the clean energy development quotas, state firm are willing to sell
the solar energy in a significantly low price  such extremely favorable prices are
loss-making and cannot give developers a reasonable return
Solution:
- Depart from the small size of the domestic market Connect to high-voltage
power lines to send the electricity to far away customers in other
provincesincrease the profit for developers

The discrepancy between plan and action

Explanation:
- Central government are standing in a macro perspectiveaims to achieve the 50-
year energy plan
- Local government are short-sighted and materialisticaims to gain the economic
profit
Consequence: Hinder the progress of solar energy development
Solution:
- Legislation
- Monitored by Beijing project tender

Summary
- the challenges of instable nature factors, expensive costs, returns for the
developers and Implementation difficulties  develop solar power is not easy at
all
- However, according to the speed of technological developmentstill possible to
replace the traditional energy to solar energy
- Europe is striving to invest in solar energy  China should not be standstill
- It is believed that solar power will be the fastest growth in the near future