On October 21st, Southern Finance and Economics reported that the photovoltaic equipment sector continued to strengthen today. On the news side, on October 18, the official official account of China Photovoltaic Industry Association issued a notice that it was suspected that winning the bid for photovoltaic modules at a price lower than the cost price was illegal, and the lowest cost price of 0.68 yuan/W was announced. A reporter from Southern Finance and Economics contacted the investor relations department of JinkoSolar as an investor, stating that the cost price of photovoltaic modules should not be lower than 0.68 yuan/W. Relevant personnel stated that this is an initiative of the association.
Does this price require mandatory execution by the enterprise, and will there be penalties if the enterprise bids below 0.68 yuan/W in the future? At present, it is still an initiative, and the follow-up situation still depends on the latest developments, "said the above-mentioned person. Regarding whether the previous bidding price of the company was lower than the lowest cost price of 0.68 yuan/W, the person said that the vast majority of tenders should have been above this price, but there may be individual cases. According to "Zhihui Photovoltaic", on October 12th, the procurement of photovoltaic module equipment for the 150MW agricultural photovoltaic complementary photovoltaic power generation project in Yiyuan Xili, China Resources Power, opened for bidding. A total of 14 enterprises participated in the bidding, with bidding prices ranging from 0.5308 yuan/W to 0.7255 yuan/W, and an average price of 0.64 yuan/W.