The rule sets a six-month deadline for projects approved under the country's successful feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme to secure equipment and finance, or risk having it cancelled.
The move was designed to address a serious log-jam of FIT-approved projects standing idle while successful developers struggled to raise finance.
Consultancy RTS Corporation said the move, allied with an 11% cut in FIT support for large-sale solar, may begin to slow the market from 2016, when a lack of economically-viable sites could bite.
