The new goal is the latest in a series of upward revisions that officials have apparently deemed necessary to the solar target under China’s 12th five-year plan for renewable energy.
The five-year plan remains unpublished – despite the fact that the targeted period (2011-2015) is already underway – but the solar capacity ambition has been widely discussed.
China had originally aimed for 5GW of solar by 2015, but officials are understood to have proposed a revision to 15GW in recent months as lower equipment prices make PV more attractive.
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