Govt to support solar power industry

The Chinese government will support the connection of photovoltaic solar power producers to the national grid with favorable policies, in a bid to expand the domestic market and help the industry get through tough times, an official has said.

"A document on how State Grid will support China's PV solar industry has been handed to the central government and is waiting approval," said Meng Xiangan, deputy director of the China Renewable Energy Society.

State Grid Corp, China's largest State-owned utility company, is expected to allow local grid companies at city level to approve solar power plants with installed capacities of less than 10,000 kilowatts each to be connected to the grid.