Energy @ Gowlings, September 28, 2011 - Volume 9, Number 5

Edited by Paul Harricks

China Gets FIT - China Implements Solar Feed-In Tariff Program

By: Heather Cohen and Thomas J. Timmins

Last month, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced the implementation of a nationwide solar feed-in tariff program.  This plan consolidates China's previous solar energy programs and offers greater certainty to China's bourgeoning solar energy industry sector.

How It Works

Those systems which began construction in July of this year and will be completed by the end of the year are entitled to a tariff of 1.15 Yuan (about the equivalent of 18 cents US) per kwh.  Those projects approved after July 1, 2011 or approved prior to that date but which cannot be completed before the end of the year, can claim a tariff of 1 Yuan (about 16 cents US) per kwh.