L R AS Published on Thursday 17 December 2015 - n° 128 - Categories:China
China will accentuate the decrease of its purchase price in 2016
In October, China was considering reducing its feed-in tariff from 2% to 6% in 2016. It is now considering a reduction from 2% to 11% as it adjusts to lower prices from panel producers.
China: 2016 feed-in tariffs for on-grid PV power generating stations and distributed systems | |||||
Category of areas | 2015 rate (CNY/kWh) | Tentative 2016 rates set in October (CNY/kWh) | Reduction from 2015 level | 2016 rates to be announced (CNY/kWh) | Reduction from 2015 level |
1 | 0.90 (US$0.14) | 0.85 | 5.88% | 0.80 | 11.11% |
2 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 3.16% | 0.88 | 7.37% |
3 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 2.00% | 0.98 | 2.00% |
Source: China media, compiled by Digitimes, December 2015
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