Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55291 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1132
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
As building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) solutions can meet around one-third of electricity demand in Germany and China, both countries are interested in exploring this potential. PV technologies have demonstrated significant price reductions, but large-scale global application of PV requires further technology improvements and cost reductions along the value chain. We analyze policies in Germany and China, including deployment support, investment support for manufacturing plants and R&D support measures, and we survey the industrial actors they can encourage to pursue innovation. While deployment support has been successful, investment support for manufacturing in these nations has not been sufficiently tied to innovation incentives, and R&D support has been comparatively weak. The paper concludes with a discussion of the opportunities for global policy coordination.
Subjects: 
photovoltaics
technology policy
innovation
investment support
JEL: 
O31
Q42
Q48
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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