Are China's solar PV products competitive in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative?

Shuai, Jing; Chen, Chien; Cheng, Jinhua; Leng, Zhihui; Wang, Zihan

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.05.042

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“…The first approach is to select all headings of goods that may contain clean energy equipment or components used in their manufacture, even if the goods of interest might only be a small fraction of all goods traded under that specific heading. An example of this approach is to include HS headings for 'bearings' or 'steel structures' when analysing trade in wind power products [36,37], or glass panes and aluminium structures when analysing trade in PV products [12,38]. Although it is true that bearings are used in wind turbines, and that wind turbine towers would likely be traded under the heading for steel structures, the bulk of bearings and steel structures will be used in products other than wind turbines.…”

Section: Defining Trade Flows Of Clean Energy Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The greening of South-South trade: Levels, growth, and specialization of trade in clean energy technologies between countries in the global South

Gosens

2020

Renewable Energy

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Countries in the global South, or developing and emerging economies, are experiencing rapid economic growth, and increased economic integration with other countries in the global South, including trade. Some analysts have raised concerns that such South-South trade might encourage the use of outdated conventional energy technologies, and lock developing countries into high carbon growth paths. Here, trade data from the UN Comtrade database is analyzed with a gravity model of trade. Results show that levels of clean energy technologies in South-south trade were relatively low up until the first half of the 2010's, but that these are entirely comparable to North-North or other trade flows in recent years. The analysis thus finds no evidence to support concerns that South-South trade might encourage high carbon development. South-South trade contains particularly high levels of solar PV, hydropower, and electric two-wheeler technologies, whilst exporters in the global North are more competitive in markets for wind power equipment and electric vehicles. Trade in electric vehicles is the fastest growing class of clean energy technologies, and the dominance of Northern countries in their exports may mean that South-South trade could, in the foreseeable future, once again lag behind in levels of clean energy technologies.

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Section: Defining Trade Flows Of Clean Energy Technologiesmentioning

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The greening of South-South trade: Levels, growth, and specialization of trade in clean energy technologies between countries in the global South

Gosens

2020

Renewable Energy

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“…advantage, competitiveness, industries and product specializations [3]. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index is often used to measure the international competitiveness of certain industries [4][5]. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index was proposed by Balassa [6].…”

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International competitiveness and potential for trade cooperation on clean energy between the USA and China

Dong

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As two super powers in energy consumption and carbon emission, the United States and China have been striving to develop clean energy in recent years. In this paper, we study the international competitiveness and potential for trade cooperation in clean energy between the two countries. This paper reveals that the United States has comparative advantages in terms of biomass energy and nuclear power, while China has comparative advantages in terms of solar energy and wind energy. The two countries have a strong complementarity in solar energy, biomass energy and nuclear energy with exporting from the United States and importing from China. In solar energy and wind energy a strong complementarity has been formed with exporting from China and importing into the United States. So the two countries have a strong potential for cooperation. Meanwhile, the potential trade cooperation is enhancing with the United States accelerating the development and exportation in natural gas. Therefore, the two countries have a strong trade complementarity on clear energy and a strong potential for cooperation in general. At the same time, the VCR model is built based on the clean energy Trade Complementary Index(TCIc and TCIu) between the United States and China. It can be found that the clean energy trade cooperation helps to curb CO2 emissions and promotes the GDP growth in the United States. However, China is in the early stage of clean energy development, the cooperation would cause a decline of GDP in China.

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“…The PRC has already successfully invested in solar PV power: according to the PRC's National Energy Administration, by the end of 2016, the total installed capacity of PV power generation in the PRC reached 77 gigawatts. The PRC has become the world's largest producer of solar cells surpassing Europe and Japan (Shuai et al 2018). Shuai et al (2018) urge that the PRC should continue supporting the solar PV industry, and encouraging more technological innovation to further enhance the international competitiveness of its products.…”

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“…The PRC has become the world's largest producer of solar cells surpassing Europe and Japan (Shuai et al 2018). Shuai et al (2018) urge that the PRC should continue supporting the solar PV industry, and encouraging more technological innovation to further enhance the international competitiveness of its products. This is an opportunity for the PRC to accelerate investment in the infrastructure of the future, and to create economic resilience and a healthier, cleaner and more productive and sustainable economy.…”

Section: B Physical Capitalmentioning

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Driving Investments Toward Sustainable Economic Growth in the People’s Republic of China

Hepburn¹,

Stern²

2019

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The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by ADB in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term "country" in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

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Are China's solar PV products competitive in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative?

Cited by 48 publications

References 11 publications

The greening of South-South trade: Levels, growth, and specialization of trade in clean energy technologies between countries in the global South

The greening of South-South trade: Levels, growth, and specialization of trade in clean energy technologies between countries in the global South

International competitiveness and potential for trade cooperation on clean energy between the USA and China

Driving Investments Toward Sustainable Economic Growth in the People’s Republic of China

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