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Do Chinese solar panels benefit from state subsidies?

Investigations into Chinese makers of solar panels suspected of benefiting from state subsidies have added uncertainty and further tariff risk, discouraging buyers from committing to new purchases. Shares of local solar groups have fallen this year as module prices drop.

Where did photovoltaic cost data come from?

Photovoltaic cost data between 1975 and 2003 has been taken from Nemet (2009), between 2004 and 2009 from Farmer & Lafond (2016), and since 2010 from IRENA. Prices from Nemet (2009) and Farmer & Lafond (2016) have been converted to 2024 US$ using the US GDP deflator, to account for the effects of inflation.

Should solar panels be halved?

Halving panel prices over the past two years have led to rising solar adoption. Generation from solar means emissions equivalent to about 1.6bn tonnes of CO₂ were avoided last year, roughly on a par with US power sector emissions, according to Ember. But there is nonetheless a less obvious cost.

Is China's solar industry undergoing a downturn?

China’s solar sector, which dominates global production, is suffering one of the deepest and longest downturns in the industry’s history. In the first half of this year China installed 256 gigawatts of solar capacity — more than twice the rest of the world combined, according to energy think-tank Ember.