Last year, China sent a shockwave through the global solar market after it cut subsidies and stopped approving new solar installations in the middle of 2018, aiming to curb a huge renewable subsidy payment backlog and push for subsidy-free solar power amid continuously declining costs. This year, China has yet to announce its policies for subsidizing solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and purchases of electric vehicles (EVs). While the Chinese policymakers and industry are busy hammering out the details of this year’s approach to solar and EV incentives, reports have started to emerge about the direction of the 2019 policies. The U.S.-China trade war has been delaying the Chinese announcement of the feed-in tariff (FiT) subsidies for solar-generated electricity and incentives for EV buyers, Taiwan-based DigiTimes reported this week, citing industry sources. China will be aiming to push solar power generation toward grid parity and ease the burden on subsidy […]