Demand for PV aluminium extrusion expected to rise in next two months in China

According to Shanghai Metals Market, domestic demand for photovoltaic (PV) aluminium extrusion is expected to rise in the next two months due to speed-up installations of new solar power plants before the lower feed-in tariff (FiT) subsidies take effect on July 1.

According to a statement by the National Development and Reform Commission on April 28, China will cut the FiT for newly-operated PV power plants by RMB 0.1 to 0.15 per KWh. This adjustment will bring the subsidies to RMB 0.4 per kWh, tax included for Category I region of northern China, to RMB 0.45 kWh for Category II region of the western and central China, and to RMB 0.55 kWh for the rest of the country for Category III zone.

However, for village-level poverty alleviation solar PV power projects, the FiT will remain unchanged at RMB 0.65 kWh for Region 1, RMB 0.75 kWh for Region II, and RMB 0.85 per kWh for Region III.

Subsidies for commercial and industrial distributed PV projects will be lowered to RMB 0.1 per kWh and that for distributed PV systems at residential buildings to RMB0.18 per kWh, compared with both RMB 0.32 per kWh before the cuts.

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) reports that China aims for a subsidy-free solar market from 2021.