China Sees 300 Percent Increase Year-Over-Year in Installed Solar PV This Year

On the back of a series of policies including the “630” policy, initiated by the Chinese government at the end of 2015, setting benchmark pricing for solar PV power generation projects, China added more than 20 GW in PV generation installation capacity during the first half of this year, a year-over-year increase of 300 percent.