Digital New Energy DataBM. Com learned that on August 12, the Quxian Development and Reform Bureau of Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, issued a notice on the temporary suspension of distributed ". The suspension of photovoltaic project filing in Quxian County is mainly based on two aspects.
First, photovoltaic fraud occurs frequently. Some lawless elements committed fraud under the guise of photovoltaic projects, resulting in serious losses to the masses; Second, the problem of wage arrears of migrant workers is prominent. Some photovoltaic enterprises subcontract layer by layer, fail to implement the wage payment guarantee system, malicious wage arrears occur frequently, and seriously infringe on the rights and interests of workers.
Guangxi Debao, Hubei Tongcheng has also issued a notice to suspend In January 2026, Tongcheng County of Hubei Province issued the Action Plan for Special Rectification of Distributed Photovoltaic Projects in Tongcheng County, deciding that from January 22, 2026, A two-month special rectification action will be carried out in the county, during which the filing of distributed photovoltaic projects in the county will be suspended.
The rectification requires that no less than 30% of illegal projects such as construction without approval, false reporting of capacity and forged filing should be cleared up ; the compliance filing rate of enterprises should reach 100%; and the complaint rate of farmers should be reduced by more than 50% year on year.
However, as of August 17, Tongcheng County, Hubei Province, has not yet issued a notice to resume the filing.
Then in March 2026, the Development and Reform Bureau of Debao County, Baise, Guangxi, announced that since March 11, 2026, it would suspend the acceptance of all distributed photovoltaic projects in the county's administrative region. During the period of
suspension of filing, Debao County Development and Reform Bureau will focus on investigating and rectifying such problems as overdue construction of projects , confusion in construction management, inconsistency between filing and implementation subjects, layer-by-layer subcontracting, and wage arrears of migrant workers. (For details, please click: According to Digital New Energy DataBM." The details are as follows:
At the end of July this year, Baise , Guangxi, cleaned up 1601 distributed photovoltaic projects at one time, all of which were zombies that had not started construction for more than two years after filing. The total filing capacity exceeds 5.
Secondly , Anhui Province has become a region with greater efforts in this round of renovation. Since 2026, many cities and counties in the province have issued clean-up lists, and nearly 800 distributed photovoltaic projects have been planned to be cleaned up and terminated .
In the photovoltaic industry, such a large-scale renovation is not common. Many photovoltaic projects have been delayed after filing and become "zombie projects" that occupy the index. The root cause is the combined effect of changes in the industrial cycle, congenital loopholes in the business model, and imperfect regulatory mechanisms. Why did
the chaos erupt in a concentrated way?
In the upward stage of the industry, the market is generally optimistic about photovoltaic earnings, and a large amount of capital is pouring in. In particular, the filing process of distributed photovoltaic is simple and the entry threshold is low. A large number of shell companies, scattered agents and intermediary teams quickly enter the market to seize the roof and grid access indicators. However, such enterprises do not intend to invest substantially in construction and intend to hoard projects and resell them to earn the difference .
When the industry goes down, due to the contraction of project income space and the rise of investment risk, a large number of filed projects have been shelved for a long time because the income is not as good as expected, and gradually evolved into "only filing, not starting" zombie projects. The rapid change of industrial cycle magnifies the impulse of profit-seeking speculation and leads to chaos in various industries.
Secondly, there are inherent loopholes in the business model, and multi-layer subcontracting enlarges the risk. Many distributed photovoltaic projects adopt the mode of financial leasing and long-term roof leasing. This model is precisely used by some intermediaries, who exaggerate the revenue of power generation with the help of information difference and set up contract traps. Once the enterprise's capital chain breaks and runs away, the debt risk falls on the farmers, forming a typical "photovoltaic routine loan" .
In addition, the development mode of multi-layer subcontracting can easily lead to the interception of funds layer by layer, resulting in frequent wage arrears of construction personnel.
Finally, there are blind spots at the regulatory level. From the above situation, most of the suspended and withdrawn projects are distributed photovoltaic, which may be related to the implementation of the notification commitment filing system for distributed photovoltaic: the competent authorities focus on material review and do not compulsorily verify the capital strength, construction capacity and credit status of enterprises.
This means that in the upward cycle of the industry, a large number of shell companies and enterprises in other places can easily obtain filing procedures in batches, leaving room for false filing and hoarding indicators. In addition, there is a lack of performance bond and rigid constraints on the time limit for starting construction in the early stage, and a large number of enterprises "put on record without construction" has become the norm.
Generally speaking, all kinds of industry chaos not only cause waste of resources, but also seriously restrict the high-quality development of the industry. Zombie projects occupy the scarce grid-connected resources in the substation area for a long time, and squeeze the grid-connected space of formal enterprises; at the same time, the false high filing scale will also interfere with the overall upgrading planning of local distribution network.
In this context, the local authorities issued the suspension of new filing, blocking the flow of risky projects into the market from the source, and curbing the continuous spread of chaos such as photovoltaic fraud and illegal subcontracting. At the same time, the normalization of zombie projects will effectively activate the idle filing indicators and promote the optimal use of stock resources.
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