CHAPTER 3

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES: THE NEW LANDSCAPE OF THE PV INDUSTRY

Introduction

After missing two Industrial Revolutions and two energy revolutions, China is finally ready for the third Industrial Revolution. This time, it will catch up. In this new, PV-based energy revolution, China and the developed world stand together at the same starting line.

The EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidies investigations forced us to learn from our previous crystalline silicon model, which is technically controlled by other countries and is not available to broader markets despite large production capacity. In the wake of this, we must identify the direction of our industrial transformation: thin-film and flexibility should be the strategic choice for ...

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