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Purchasing Efficiency Measurement Of Selected Chinese Pv Panels Using Data Envelopment Analysis (Dea), Bingqing Zheng, Patrick E. Prince Jan 2015

Purchasing Efficiency Measurement Of Selected Chinese Pv Panels Using Data Envelopment Analysis (Dea), Bingqing Zheng, Patrick E. Prince

Undergraduate Review

As a renewable energy generation, the solar Photovoltaic (PV) system has become a popular technique that converts sunlight to generate electrical power. However, most countries, especially like China met challenges in expanding their domestic market and widespread adoption by their own citizens. One of the major reasons why customers are hesitated to adopt solar panels is the difficulty in comparing a variety of solar panels with respect of multiple different dimensions without the aid of appropriate quantitative models. The PV panel’s purchasing efficiency is determined not only just by those technical factors identified by the current literature and practice, but …


Exploring The Solar Pv Industry: A Survey Of Pv Manufacturers In China, Patrick E. Prince, Bingqing Zheng Jan 2015

Exploring The Solar Pv Industry: A Survey Of Pv Manufacturers In China, Patrick E. Prince, Bingqing Zheng

Undergraduate Review

China’s photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing industry has grown significantly since 2000, from being almost nonexistent to providing over 50% of the market share of solar panels in 2012. However, due to the high tariff resulting from an anti-dumping investigation by the US and a shrinking export market, Chinese PV manufacturers are faced with a large amount of challenges. This paper investigated 1) the general issues influencing the success of this industry; 2) the current market channels and the advertising methods; 3) the comparison of supports from government and utility between desired and perceived; 4) the attitude of manufacturers towards external opportunity …