Jiangxi promotes solar panel installation for residents' homes

Jiangxi province, the major photovoltaic solar power manufacturing area in China, plans to install solar panels to around 10,000 residential roofs in three years as renewable energy and distributed generation projects become more important for urban sustainable development.

The local government said that residents can start applying for photovoltaic panel installation on June 20, according to Xinhua New Agency.

Demonstration projects have already started in cities including Yichun and Ganzhou in the province.

The average installation capacity for each home will be 3 kilowatts and the overall capacity of the first phase in the province will be about 3 megawatts to 6 megawatts.

According to China's 12th Five-Year Plan, the country's distributed power generation will reach 10 million kw, and 100 cities will be built with distributed power as their main energy resource by the end of 2015.