http://greenleapforward.com/2009/07/22/moon-landing-solar-eclipse-and-now%e2%80%a6solar-takeoff-china-launches-%e2%80%9cgolden-sun%e2%80%9d-subsidies-for-500-mw-of-pv-projects-by-2012/ Tracking the emerging technological, commercial, political and social revolution that is greening China's red-hot economy. Thu, 17 May 2012 09:26:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://greenleapforward.com/2009/07/22/moon-landing-solar-eclipse-and-now%e2%80%a6solar-takeoff-china-launches-%e2%80%9cgolden-sun%e2%80%9d-subsidies-for-500-mw-of-pv-projects-by-2012/#comment-17106 Tao Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:15:13 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=206#comment-17106 Yes, I agree with you. Generally the implemtation end from the program in each place will have more to say about "the evil is in the details". Yes, I agree with you. Generally the implemtation end from the program in each place will have more to say about “the evil is in the details”.

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]]> http://greenleapforward.com/2009/07/22/moon-landing-solar-eclipse-and-now%e2%80%a6solar-takeoff-china-launches-%e2%80%9cgolden-sun%e2%80%9d-subsidies-for-500-mw-of-pv-projects-by-2012/#comment-17086 Tao Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:23:57 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=206#comment-17086 Hi Julian, thanks for the blog. I missed the news but fortunately picked it up from your blog. As far as I can see, the subsidy still focus on the installation/capacity of generation, rather being linked with actual electricity generation. Although there is a requirement that the state grid company willl have to buy all the surplus electricity from the golden sun solar PV programme, this is the same as for wind which is usually not implemented so well at provincial level mostly because of the vested interests. So we probably cannot say that "... China is learning from its sore lessons from its wind industry". Anyway, this is a very good news for China's PV industry and I do hope it will learn from its wind industry and do better this time. Hi Julian, thanks for the blog. I missed the news but fortunately picked it up from your blog. As far as I can see, the subsidy still focus on the installation/capacity of generation, rather being linked with actual electricity generation. Although there is a requirement that the state grid company willl have to buy all the surplus electricity from the golden sun solar PV programme, this is the same as for wind which is usually not implemented so well at provincial level mostly because of the vested interests. So we probably cannot say that “… China is learning from its sore lessons from its wind industry”. Anyway, this is a very good news for China’s PV industry and I do hope it will learn from its wind industry and do better this time.

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