TY - JOUR
T1 - Global solar photovoltaic industry
T2 - An overview and national competitiveness of Taiwan
AU - Jia, Fu
AU - Sun, Hui
AU - Koh, S. C. Lenny
PY - 2016/7/10
Y1 - 2016/7/10
N2 - Global Solar Photovoltaic (PV) industry is fast evolving and is heavily affected by the government policies. In this study, it has been attempted to present a detailed comparison of the solar PV industry of five countries (i.e., Taiwan,1 China, Japan, Germany and USA) in terms of policy, industry and supply chain analyses. Based on a rich description and mapping of PV supply chain, it's found that China is the biggest producer and consumer of PV products and Taiwan is only strong in solar cell production. The double-anti duties make Taiwan overly reliant on China and Taiwan gradually loses its competitive advantage even in cell production. The success of China is explained adopting Porter's national competitiveness perspective based on the supply chain analysis. Finally, some recommendations are provided to improve national competitiveness for Taiwanese solar photovoltaic industry. This paper contributes to the clean production literature by providing a comprehensive mapping of PV industry supply chain, comparing the industry of five countries and making tailored policy recommendations to Taiwan.
AB - Global Solar Photovoltaic (PV) industry is fast evolving and is heavily affected by the government policies. In this study, it has been attempted to present a detailed comparison of the solar PV industry of five countries (i.e., Taiwan,1 China, Japan, Germany and USA) in terms of policy, industry and supply chain analyses. Based on a rich description and mapping of PV supply chain, it's found that China is the biggest producer and consumer of PV products and Taiwan is only strong in solar cell production. The double-anti duties make Taiwan overly reliant on China and Taiwan gradually loses its competitive advantage even in cell production. The success of China is explained adopting Porter's national competitiveness perspective based on the supply chain analysis. Finally, some recommendations are provided to improve national competitiveness for Taiwanese solar photovoltaic industry. This paper contributes to the clean production literature by providing a comprehensive mapping of PV industry supply chain, comparing the industry of five countries and making tailored policy recommendations to Taiwan.
KW - Deployment policy
KW - Institutional environment
KW - Solar photovoltaic
KW - Supply chain
KW - Taiwan
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979723838&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.068
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84979723838
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 126
SP - 550
EP - 562
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -