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Solar power in China

In China there now are six factories producing at least 2 MW/year each ofmonocrystalline, poly-crystalline and non-crystalline Photovoltaic cells.These factories include the LDK Solar Co , Wuxi Suntech Solar Energy Co.,Ltd., which produces approximately 50 MW/year of solar cells andphotovoltaic modules; the Yunnan Semi-conductor Parts Plant, whichmanufactures approximately 2 MW/year of mono-crystalline cells; the BaodingYingli Solar Energy Modules Plant, which manufactures approximately 6MW/year of polycrystalline cells and modules; the Shanghai Jiaoda GuofeiSolar Energy Battery Factory, which produces approximately 1 MW/year ofmodules; and the Shanghai PV Science and Technology Co., Ltd., whichproduces approximately 5 MW/year of modules.China has become a world leader in the manufacture of solar photovoltaictechnology, with its six biggest solar companies having a combined value ofover $ 15 billion. Around 820 megawatts of solar PV were produced in Chinain 2007, second only to Japan.[9].Suntech Power Holdings Co based inJiangsu, is the world's third- biggest supplier of solar cells..There are some obstacles to the further development of the Chinese solarenergy sector that China faces. These obstacles include the lack of anationwide comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) plan, the lack of updatedfacilities and sufficient financial resources to support PV research atresearch institutes, the lack of sufficient facilities and resources atcompanies manufacturing PV products, the failure of companies to be able toproduce high quality, reliable and low cost PV products and the relativelyweak educational and training opportunities in China for PV science andtechnology.About 50 MW of installed solar capacity was added in 2008, more than doublethe 20 MW in 2007, but still a relatively small amount. According to somestudies, the demand in China for new solar modules could be as high as 232MW each year from now on until 2012. The government has announced plans toexpand the installed capacity to 1,800 MW by 2020. If Chinese companiesmanage to develop low cost, reliable solar modules, then the sky is thelimit for a country that is desperate to reduce its dependence on coal andoil imports as well as the pressure on its environment by

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