Photovoltaic power generation market supervision adds another 'hard constraint'


Release time:

2017-12-26

Recently, the National Energy Administration released the results of its 2016 regional photovoltaic power generation market environment monitoring and evaluation (trial evaluation), showing that some areas in Ningxia, Gansu, and Xinjiang are red, Tianjin, Sichuan, and Yunnan are orange, and Jiangxi, Shandong, and Henan are green. Green indicates a good market environment, orange indicates a fair market environment, and red indicates a poor market environment.

  Recently, the National Energy Administration released the results of its 2016 monitoring and evaluation (trial evaluation) of the photovoltaic power generation market environment in various regions. Ningxia, and parts of Gansu and Xinjiang were rated red, Tianjin, Sichuan, and Yunnan were rated orange, and Jiangxi, Shandong, and Henan were rated green. Green indicates a good market environment, orange indicates a generally good market environment, and red indicates a poor market environment.

  It is understood that in order to continuously optimize the construction and operation environment of photovoltaic power generation, guide rational investment by enterprises, and promote the healthy and orderly development of the photovoltaic industry, the National Energy Administration is studying the establishment of a photovoltaic power generation market environment monitoring and evaluation mechanism. The monitoring and evaluation targets are ordinary photovoltaic power stations and leading base projects, excluding photovoltaic poverty alleviation village-level power stations and distributed photovoltaic systems.

  A relevant person in charge of the National Energy Administration stated that the monitoring and evaluation results are an important basis for the state to adjust and improve the management policies of the photovoltaic industry and guide the orderly development of solar energy resources. Based on the evaluation results, classified guidance and differentiated management will be implemented, and dynamic monitoring data will be released quarterly.

  It is understood that the evaluation system comprehensively considers the development market environment and investment and operation risks in various regions, and is composed of two types of evaluation indicators: competitiveness and risk. The evaluation results are divided into three levels: green, orange, and red. Competitiveness evaluation indicators include six indicators: land conditions, local government services, power grid enterprise services, national electricity price subsidy intensity, average decrease in subsidies for competitive allocation projects, and local government subsidy intensity. Risk evaluation indicators include three indicators: the degree of abandoned light, market absorption risk, and the implementation degree of the full-guarantee purchase policy.

  It is introduced that for regions with a red evaluation result, in principle, no new annual construction scale will be issued in the year the monitoring and evaluation results are released (except for the newly built renewable energy bases that are clearly defined by the state as supporting the construction of extra-high voltage transmission channels). For regions with a green evaluation result, the development scale of their photovoltaic power stations will be guaranteed in accordance with the plan and appropriate support will be provided as appropriate. Local governments and enterprises can arrange investment and construction in an orderly manner. For regions with an orange evaluation result, provided that the provincial energy authorities, in consultation with relevant parties, propose effective measures to ensure improvement of the market environment, a construction scale of no more than 50% of the annual planned guidance scale can be arranged as appropriate.

  Experts say that in recent years, China has continuously promulgated policies and regulations on renewable energy, especially the photovoltaic industry, from leading projects to green certificates, promoting market transactions for distributed power generation, and implementing solutions to address the problem of abandoned light. This shows that China is continuously improving its renewable energy system and guiding the healthy development of the renewable energy industry.