ABSTRACT
Obviously the development of the Chinese PV sector has been very different in terms of production and export on the one hand and PV energy use on the other hand. This discrepancy between PV industry production and PV energy use was extremely prominent until 2009. Since then a major shift seems to be under way. The main indicator for this shift is rapidly growing PV installation rates in the Chinese market. What has subdued PV energy use before 2009? What has triggered the shift? What are the perspectives for accelerated PV energy use in China? In the following, these questions are discussed based on the framework developed earlier in the paper.
