Junfeng Li: Photovoltaic power benchmark price policy needs to be improved

Li Junfeng, deputy director of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in Beijing on August 12th that the National Grid Development and Reform Commission announced on August 1 that the solar photovoltaic power generation benchmarking on-grid price related policies need to be improved and should be compatible with the development scale and actual level of the photovoltaic power generation industry.

Li Junfeng said that the above policy does not fully consider the characteristics of solar energy, which has a wide distribution and regional differences, and there are shortcomings. In addition, the policy should also improve and refine relevant provisions, promote technological progress, and appropriately control the market size.

Wang Sicheng, a researcher at the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, also stated that the policy has limitations and it only adapts to the actual situation in the seven western provinces. "Moreover, the policy has not announced the specific details after the implementation of the policy." Wang Sicheng said that the specific approval time of photovoltaic power generation projects, the source of subsidies, and the conditions for access to the grid have not been announced.

According to the “Circular on Perfecting the On-grid Electricity Tariff Policy for Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation” announced by the National Development and Reform Commission on its website on August 1, the photovoltaic power generation project is set at the rate of 1.15 yuan (including tax) per kilowatt-hour and 1 per kilowatt-hour according to the project approval period. Yuan to stimulate the popularity of solar photovoltaic power generation.