China anticipated to add up to 99GW of solar PV yearly with 2025, Europe currently its biggest export market

• China is anticipated to include 83-- 99GW of PV capacity each year from 2022 to 2025, while Europe is currently its biggest export market for solar products, according to a China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) report on the expectation for the PV industry over the next few years.

China's PV industry remained to surge in 2021 regardless of COVID-19 difficulties, with exports reaching a record high, according to the CPIA report. For the first time, Europe stood for China's largest PV export market, although accurate export numbers were not offered.

The CPIA predicts that China will add between 232GW and 286GW of solar up to 2025, with 83-- 99GW set to be deployed in 2022. This is an upgrade on previous predictions made in the middle of last year.

While new mounted capacity in China throughout 2021 was below expectations at the beginning of the year, it still reached a record high, with distributed solar bookkeeping for more than 50% of complete installs, said the report.

The output value of solar items from Chinese manufacturers was RMB750 billion (US$ 118.7 billion) in 2021. Wafer output from China was 227GW, representing a 40.7% year-on-year growth, while solar cell output expanded 47% on 2020 to get to 198GW. Module outcome from the country was up by 46% to 182GW.

Meanwhile, there have actually been new entrants to the polysilicon market in China. Baofeng Energy is preparing 600,000 tons of production capacity, Qinghai Lihao is looking to develop 200,000 tons of manufacturing capacity, Jiangsu Runyang is aiming for 100,000 tons and Xinjiang Jinnuo is seeking 100,000 tons.

That said, the top 5 leading polysilicon, wafer and also module firms' production made up greater than 80%, claimed the CPIA report.

The outcome of polysilicon in 2021 was 505,000 tons, up 28.8%, it added.