Survey of photovoltaic industry and policy in Germany and China

Thilo Grau, Molin Huo and Karsten Neuhoff ()

Energy Policy, 2012, vol. 51, issue C, 20-37

Abstract: Photovoltaic (PV) technologies have demonstrated significant price reductions, but large-scale global application of PV requires further technology improvements and cost reductions along the value chain. We survey policies in Germany and China and the industrial actors they can encourage to pursue innovation, including deployment support, investment support for manufacturing plants and R&D support measures. While deployment support has been successful, investment support for manufacturing in these nations has not been sufficiently tied to innovation incentives, and R&D support has been comparatively weak. The paper concludes with a discussion of the opportunities for global policy coordination.

Keywords: Photovoltaic; Technology policy; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.082

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