BETTING ON THE BURDEN IN CHINA SOLAR

China has announced a series of incentives for photovoltaics in consumption, and that is allocated to installations on rooftops or near energy-intensive companies. The incentives should grow the sector in the second half, provides Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which for 2014 has revised upward its estimates on bringing to 14 GW installed capacity, of which 3.3 GW in the first half. Alongside the growth of solar, China sees decrease the consumption of coal. In August imports fell for the second consecutive month, dropping by about 18% to 18.86 million tons. In affect, in addition to a slower economic growth and an increase in hydroelectric production, are the policies of Beijing against pollution. Last month, the government also announced that it will ban the coal in the six districts by 2020, just in an effort to improve air quality.