The "Frontrunner" program of the Energy Bureau will further promote the upgrading of the photovoltaic industry

It is understood that since the State Council issued the "Several Opinions on Promoting the Healthy Development of the Photovoltaic Industry" in 2013, the progress of China's photovoltaic technology has accelerated significantly, and the market scale has expanded rapidly, providing strong support
for the development of the photovoltaic industry.
At the same time, there are also a series of problems
such as whether some backward production capacity can be withdrawn from the market in time, advanced technology products cannot enter, the overall technological upgrading of the photovoltaic industry is slow, and there are hidden dangers in the quality of photovoltaic power generation projects.

In order to improve this situation, promote the application and industrial upgrading of advanced photovoltaic technology products, and strengthen the quality management of photovoltaic products and projects, the "Opinions" first clearly states that it is necessary to improve the market access standards for photovoltaic products, adopt differentiated market access standards according to photovoltaic technologies and products at different stages of development, support advanced technology products to expand the market, and accelerate the elimination of technologically backward products
.
At the same time, market access standards
for photovoltaic products will be strictly implemented.

In this regard, Xuan Xiaowei, a researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council and the Department of Development and Regional Economic Research, said that in order to alleviate the problem of excessive dependence of China's photovoltaic industry on foreign countries, it is necessary to further expand the domestic application market
.
In this process, the state has given the photovoltaic industry a lot of subsidy policies, but at the same time, it may also cause some adverse incentives
.
He further pointed out that due to the asymmetry of market information, corresponding standards need to be clarified, and these are more urgent
after government subsidies.

In addition, in order to further promote the upgrading of the photovoltaic industry, the National Energy Administration will also arrange a special market scale to implement the "leader" plan every year, requiring projects to adopt advanced technology products
。 In order to support the "Frontrunner" plan, the "Opinions" pointed out that the state-supported public welfare projects to solve the problem of electricity consumption of people without electricity, the problem of lack of electricity in remote areas and photovoltaic poverty alleviation, national aid projects, various photovoltaic power generation application demonstration projects organized and implemented by the state and energy authorities at all levels, photovoltaic power generation projects supported by local governments at all levels using financial funds, and photovoltaic power generation projects installed on the building facilities of government agencies at all levels, give priority to the use of "frontrunner" advanced technology products
.