The State Council stated that it will solve the problem of arrears in renewable energy price subsidies

According to the directives issued by the State Council recently, the Ministry of Finance is required to establish sufficient renewable energy development funds as soon as possible, and it is necessary to ensure full subsidies for enterprises that use renewable energy to generate power. At the same time, relevant officials of the National Development and Reform Commission revealed that the additional charge standard for renewable energy prices may be raised again, and adjustment opinions have been reported to the State Council. At present, many departments are discussing countermeasures. Subsidy lagging issues will be resolved before the end of the year.

Widespread subsidy arrears <br><br><br><br><br> Many wind power companies have told reporters that the country's current renewable energy tariff arrears are serious problems, and the arrears cycle has even exceeded one year, seriously affecting corporate investment enthusiasm. A state-owned wind power company stated that due to the arrears of subsidies, the company’s accounts receivable for wind power projects was as high as 900 million yuan. In particular, it is worth noting that the consequences of subsidy inefficiency have started to spread to upstream industries and have formed a "triangular debt" and a vicious cycle between renewable energy power generation companies and upstream equipment manufacturers.

The relevant person in charge of the CEC told the reporter that the lack of subsidies, serious discontinuities, and grid-connected difficulties have become three major difficulties that have plagued the development of renewable energy, and the issue of lagging subsidies has become particularly prominent.

The industry believes that the reason why the subsidy lag is prevalent is that on the one hand, there have been many cases of fraudulent compensation for wind power and photovoltaic projects before the subsidy was issued, which requires careful review by related departments. On the other hand, the state’s fiscal expenditure is tight and the approval process is complicated. And it is difficult to collect additional fees for renewable energy prices, and there are a lot of funding gaps. According to the NDRC, it is highly probable that the additional charge standard for renewable energy prices will be raised again from the current 0.8 points/kWh.

Demonstration area to declare the work has started <br> <br> CEC official said that under the current tariff system and the technical and economic conditions, wind power, solar energy, biomass and other new energy power generation, we need to state financial subsidies and raising the public The level of electricity prices has continued to grow.

The State Council executive meeting recently proposed six requirements for promoting the healthy development of the photovoltaic industry. Among them, the expansion of renewable energy funds has become an important guarantee for timely distribution of renewable energy subsidies. The relevant personages of the National Development and Reform Commission revealed to reporters that with the explicit instructions of the State Council and the multi-sectoral intensive negotiations, it will be a high-probability event to resolve the subsidy lag before the end of the year.

In addition, the application of distributed photovoltaic demonstration zones in various provinces and municipalities has officially started. In principle, each province can apply for a demonstration area. The approval of demonstration projects will start soon. It will be mainly operated in a self-use mode, and the relevant electricity price plan is also expected to be announced in the near future. .