Innovative Business Models and Financing Mechanisms for Distributed Solar Photovoltaic (DSPV) Deployment in China

Sufang Zhang

Chapter 6 in Financing Renewable Energy Development in East Asia Summit Countries A Primer of Effective Policy Instruments, pp 161-191 from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: Following my report ‘Analysis of Distributed Solar Photovoltaic (DSPV) Power Policy in China’, this report looks into innovative business models and financing mechanisms for distributed solar photovoltaic power in China by reviewing existing literature and conducting interactive research, including discussions with managers from China’s policy and commercial banks, and photovoltaic projects. It first provides a comprehensive review of literature on business models and financing mechanisms. Then, the paper looks into the rapidly evolving business models and financing mechanisms in the United States, one of the countries leading the deployment of DSPV. The emerging innovative business models and financing mechanisms for DSPV projects in China are next discussed. The report concludes that: (a) innovative business models and financing mechanisms are important drivers for the growth of DSPV power in the United States; (b) enabling policies are determinant components of innovative business models and financing mechanisms in the country; (c) innovative business models and financing mechanisms in the Chinese context have their advantages and disadvantages; and (d) support through government policies is imperative to address the challenges in the emerging innovative business models and financing mechanisms in China.

Keywords: Distributed solar photovoltaics; business model; financing mechanism; China; renewable energy policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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