China struggles with solar supply

Since July 2020, the PV industry has been experiencing price rises, which have affected almost all the components in a solar system. As these price increases spill out into higher installation costs, we see end user prices for solar rising for the first time in 10 years, threatening the competitiveness of PV in certain markets. Vincent Shaw reports from Shanghai on solar manufacturing’s supply chain crisis.

Issue 06–2021
China wind farm

Wind turbines in northern China. With prices going up across the solar supply chain, China’s state owned energy enterprises are turning to wind rather than PV to meet their installation targets.

Image: Land Rover our Planet

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