How does the government use PV subsidies?

The government uses PV subsidies to encourage distributed PV power generation applications to achieve more PV power generation instead of thermal power generation and promote PV industry development.

Are subsidies causing overcapacity problems in photovoltaic supply chains?

In the past decade, subsidy policies aimed at demand-side of photovoltaic (PV) supply chains have created a dilemma. While they foster the growth of the PV industry, they also induce overcapacity problems to the society. As a result, many governments have cut back subsidies to PV system users.

Does government subsidy optimize PV supply chain enterprises under different power structures?

It investigates the optimal decision analysis and government subsidy optimization of PV supply chain enterprises under different power structures, given the problem of dysfunctional government subsidy incentives and performance loss of PV supply chain enterprises.

What are the main policies for PV power generation?

In the operation phase, electricity sales policies are the main policies. Government supports different forms of PV power generation projects at different stages according to its policy orientation. In the future, policies should focus on the distributed PV power generation, rather than on concentrated PV power.

Is a balanced subsidy policy a good strategy for PV supply chains?

Under this balanced subsidy policy, adopting a medium combination of operational strategies is the best strategy option for PV supply chains. Currently, traditional demand-side oriented subsidy policies have resulted in inefficient operations and welfare loss in the photovoltaic (PV) industry.

Does supply-side oriented subsidy policy support PV industry?

To rescue enterprises, but not the market, a different subsidy program is required to support PV industry. The supply-side oriented subsidy policy provides the answer through directly and moderately subsidizing PV enterprises and their supply chains.