• 03Sep

    In Xining (national) economic and technological development zones in the vicinity of an open area, there are an area of about 15 acres of 300KWp solar PV installations. This is China’s first directly into the urban high voltage grid system of photovoltaic power device, Ta of construction funds is the vast majority of foreign investment, Zhe Zhi Shi Qinghai Keji conduct international cooperation in the part of the Cheng Guo. Since 2007, Qinghai Province Science and Technology Department of Implementation and foreign cooperation, “Sino-Japanese cooperation in photovoltaic grid technology research,” and other new energy project 3, the introduction of foreign capital 400 million yuan, 450,000 yuan science and technology Affairs-funded.

    Qinghai has abundant solar resources, Inspiron 6400 batterysolar-based energy economy is a new feature of Qinghai is building an important part of the economic system. 300KWp solar PV by Qinghai New Energy Group and Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization of cooperation, “Sino-Japanese cooperation in Photovoltaic Technology” project, the introduction and development of the double-layer capacitor, capacitor for stable device Dengguang PV power generation and network of advanced technology, generating about 450 000-year plan KWh, for the construction of large-scale photovoltaic power station provides a technology demonstration.

    In addition, the Qinghai company and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory in cooperation commitments, “efficiency, low cost, low-pollution technology of solar grade polysilicon production” project, developed through the project annual output of 1,000 tons of polysilicon a phase of the project has been put into production, annual output of 1,000 tons of polysilicon in the second phase is under construction. After completion of the project, companies will be the focus of the new energy industry in Qinghai leading enterprises for the economic development of Qinghai new energy leading role played great.

  • 02Sep

    Solar start-up company Stion on Tuesday announced that it has been 15 million U.S. dollars of venture capital, said that the investment will be used to nanotechnology combined with new energy research.

    Stion the company’s original name is NStructures, it intends to develop a performance comparable to silicon solar cells, but relatively lower cost of thin-film solar cells. The question is what substances it uses solar energy into electricity.

    Business Development Manager Frank Yang said: “It is not silicone material, nor is cadmium telluride, not CIGS (copper indium gallium selenium compounds), we will open it at the appropriate time information.”

    However, sources said, the company may be the quantum particle, that is, the diameter of nano-particles. Because of their small physical phenomenon of quantum particles is very sensitive, can be used to capture electronic. As the solar panels to the sun through the electronic separation and then transferred to the wire, so in theory the quantum particle can be used in solar panels. However, this is still at an experimental stage.

    Stion CTO Howard Lee at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the years of solar research in the study of quantum particles obtained patents. Stion before the company’s chief technology officer,  Pavilion dv8000 Chet Farris has served as president of Shell Solar’s position.

    Applied to thin film solar material, or plastic board is one of the main objectives of solar industry. Most of the market through the silicon solar cells are stripped from the sun out of electronics, solar cells that are installed in the very heavy glass substrate. First Solar also uses a glass substrate, but the battery in the active component is cadmium telluride, the current cost of this material is cheap.

    There are several companies planning to launch CIGS solar cells, but have to wait until next year, the first product to market. Production of CIGS or CIS cells in several ways, but in the end the mass production of which method is the best way is still to be resolved. CIGS solar panels may not be as efficient silicon panels, but its cost is relatively lower, because of CIGS can be installed in the low-cost foil embedded chip.

    Now the market efficiency silicon solar cells 22%, up to 29%. CIGS solar panels efficiency in the lab, 19.5%, but the efficiency of the product after the listing may be lowered.

    National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers Rommel Noufi said, Stion company may use the materials and material combinations are many. However, to as early as suitable combination of chemical materials is not easy. Some materials, use of time longer than other materials. Absorb sunlight and transfer the material must also match the material energy.

    Stion have to wait until 2010 before the first launch of the actual product. However, the company’s goal is to enable the performance of solar cells and silicon solar cell performance to reach the same level of degree.

    He explained: “performance increase, the cost is down.” China’s Suntech’s Steve Chan expects the efficiency of solar cells increases by 1 percentage point would make the product gross margin increased 1.5%.

  • 01Sep

    Since the end of 2009, Copenhagen, the “energy saving”, “low carbon” and other words enjoys popular support. Solar energy as a clean, renewable energy, low-carbon society vision of future energy sources,B154PW02 current is more and more attention around the world.

    With the Spanish photovoltaic market that is saturated, the corresponding increase in the photovoltaic subsidy threshold, lower level of subsidy. July 13 this year, formally adopted by the German solar subsidy bill, but also down, including a number of rooftop PV systems, including the amount of subsidies. Starting from October 1, the total subsidy will be further reduced. The world’s major PV markets - Europe, thus experiencing a series of changes. Under such circumstances, although some of the European market, the proportion of renewable energy resources to countries with lower, such as Britain, Italy and Greece still Jubeiyiding Qian Li, but some European companies have a look into the Chinese market.

    At present, China’s PV industry has formed a relatively complete industrial chain for 3 consecutive years, the world’s first solar cell producer. However, the Chinese PV companies heavily dependent on exports. In this case, the European market, Any sign of trouble, the Chinese solar companies are vulnerable. Financial crisis, China’s export volume PV companies to plunge. Today, the European economic recovery, China’s photovoltaic business re-lease of life to regain order. However, still much larger than the data point of view.

    This year in July, Shandong Province promulgated the “speed up the development of supporting the views of photovoltaic power generation”, Tong Guo financial support and price up assistance and other related policies, better Dicu Jin PV Chanyekuaisu development. Qingdao Pingdu and Lacey were in the planning and construction of a capacity of 05,000 kilowatts of grid-connected PV power plants, total capacity of 10,000 kilowatts; in planning construction of Jimo Qingdao Industrial Park’s first solar power technology, producing the world’s leading CIGS thin film solar battery.

  • 31Aug

    Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission is planning to build a large photovoltaic industry chain, that in the next few years, photovoltaic power station by 10 billion yuan of investment, pulling from the core elements of silicon solar cell production, power generation equipment and installation to all industries the formation of 100 billion yuan output value chain.

    It is reported in most parts of Hubei, solar and secondary area can be used, the provincial capital Wuhan, B154EW02 V.1the total sunshine hours a year as from 1810 to 2100 hours. Hubei solar energy resources are mainly concentrated in the July-September, to coincide with the summer peak load period of power shortage. From 2006 the first PV project run so far, have access to uniform grid of Hubei total installed capacity of 4 MW, which means that the use of electricity across the province each year, can have more than 3 million degrees from the sun.

    In the field of photovoltaic power generation technology, Hubei Province, some of the best scientific research academies and research. PV inverter is one of key equipment and networks is the use of solar photovoltaic power given smooth access to the core of unified power grid. Naval University of Engineering in Wuhan is building Inverter National Laboratory, is expected to be completed as early as next year’s production base of the inverter. At the same time, the national forecasting system demonstration solar photovoltaic research work by the Hubei Meteorological Science and Technology Service Centre, led by Chief Expert CHEN Zheng start addressing the grid photovoltaic power conversion caused by the impact of varying degrees of difficulty.

    Wuhan New City Expo Center Exhibition Hall photovoltaic power generation project has successfully passed the expert review, the battery component installation area of 6,300 square meters, is laying the country’s largest battery building integrated photovoltaic power stations. Wuhan Solar Technology is responsible for leading enterprises Nisshin think, through the building roof to install solar power equipment, given electric network of the first cycle in the building and replace 20% of electricity consumption to alleviate the local tension obvious significance .

  • 30Aug

    Solar thermal contact with the market conditions and prices of the upstream silicon wafer out of it, so solar cells offer far this year have slowly upward trend.

    According to the set of state science and technology research department,B150XG01 following Q2’s solar cells offer the quarter after 8.7% growth rate, Q3 although slightly higher offer, but the gains have slowed down, and from August to September of the offer has been around a flat performance.

    It EnergyTrend offer, in July the average solar cells offer 1.43 U.S. dollars / Wp (MoM 0.7%), 8,9 months on average offer solar cells are flat at 1.43 U.S. dollars / Wp, so Q3 solar cells offer only a slight rise as compared with Q2.

    Neo Solar (3576) chairman Lin Kunxi also said recently in terms of silicon wafers, solar cells are indeed the trend of prices, but recent gains have reached a reasonable level, further gains are unlikely, and the long term, let solar industry tend to the health of the future should be about 5% per year decline in ASP.

    Part in the overall market, EnergyTrend that the installation of the 2010 global market volume to 12GW, with 6.5GW 2009, compared to 84.6% annual growth. The outlook in 2011 by the major countries such as Germany, Italy, Spain and other European major countries to cut subsidies Jineyingxiang, Xu Qiu will slow down; but China, India and Japan Qitadiqu, Ze benefit from the subsidy policy, the needs can be look sharp growth, estimated the global market in 2011 installed capacity will 13.5GW, annual growth was 12.5%.

  • 27Aug

    Recently, Linde in the concept design based on the introduction of the first hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklift - Electric counterbalanced forklift Linde E30. The car’s fuel cell hydrogen and oxygen supply by the two electrodes, if they connect with the power conductor, current is generated, by-product is pure water. The use of the technology not only can reduce emissions to zero, and there is no need to spend a few hours to charge the battery, only takes a few minutes to fill compressed hydrogen can be stored much energy efficiency in large part It also eliminates the existing lead-acid batteries used the possibility of pollution to the environment.

    As a world leader in material handling,B154PW02 Lind has always been customer-oriented commitment to new product development and innovation. In 2000, then CeMAT2008 exhibition in Hanover, Germany, Linde, once the “ergonomics, environmental protection, high efficiency” concept as the theme, introduced the concept of environmental protection and received the industry recognition.

    The performance advantages of fuel cell technology for high efficiency, zero emissions. The new fuel cell-powered electric lift trucks, Linde forklift industry long after the technology in the accumulation set of the power system based on years of research and development and implementation of the leap, is another major innovation in the field truck.

  • 26Aug

    According to China’s “long-term renewable energy development plan”, China’s annual amount of solar energy resources can be developed up to 1.7 trillion tons of standard coal equivalent, and include wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal energy, including renewable energy equivalent to all other standards Less than 6 billion tons of coal. Accordingly, experts predict that solar energy will gradually become the dominant global energy. Solar energy development at this stage include solar thermal and photovoltaic camps, from a realistic combination of factors to consider, slightly obvious advantages of solar thermal, solar thermal technology at the same time as the rapid improvement and force the rapid growth of companies such as Norit, solar thermal and photovoltaic power generation will also be the advantage of salon competition.

    At present, photovoltaic field all to grasp core technology in the developed countries. B154SW01In which European governments to preferential policies to support enterprises to develop solar photovoltaic industry, are also ways to use subsidies to encourage people to use solar energy. “But the reasons known to all, European countries do not produce polysilicon in their own countries, but rather the production of polysilicon into the developing countries,” Han Tianen said, “Polysilicon production is an energy-consuming process, to produce carbon dioxide, which a carbon emissions problem, if developed countries want developing countries to buy the raw materials the production of solar silicon, we must follow to purchase the carbon emissions produced by developing countries to use the money to solve the technical problems of pollution links. “In addition to Beyond this, the cost of photovoltaic power generation is still 10 times the thermal power, photovoltaic power generation cost has hindered the pace of development.

    And core technology and raw materials out of the country, the production process of high energy, high cost of photovoltaic power generation than solar thermal power generation “has a core technology, production materials, glass and steel main needs” advantage. The high temperature strength Norit collector product has entered the fast production, promotion stage, in refrigeration, industrial preheating and power generation, the application field and laid a solid foundation.

    “Compared to photovoltaic, solar thermal power generation is more convenient and domestic power grid in docking, because the basic principles of solar thermal power and thermal power of the principle of similarity, while the domestic power network construction mainly thermal-based. As is the use of polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic cells convert light into other energy carriers, so the traditional test of a great power to regulate and control. “investment consultant in the energy industry, said chief researcher Jiang Qian, solar thermal power will not power peaking, wrong peak of a great burden, that is its absolute advantage.

    Solar thermal power followed the larger the lower the cost of the law. Currently, the industry generally accepted scale is 1000 MW, the scale of 1,000 MW of solar thermal power plants can reduce the cost of electricity to the considerable advantages of 0.7-0.8 yuan per kWh. “Solar thermal power generation of the technical issues have been resolved, but the initial investment is very large, like the 1,000-megawatt-scale needs 20 billion of upfront investment, which is unbearable for some businesses, this area also needs the support of national policy.” Reaffirming that the civilizational says.

    Solar Thermal for direct radiation in 1900 kilowatts hours per year / square meters, and the resource conditions of the world only the United States, Spain, Africa and China have. The United States and Spain have been the winner, while in China, solar thermal power generation project has just started, there are large areas of light and heat resources, waiting for development. This is behind it, is undoubtedly a huge amount of the market.

    According to the European Solar Thermal Association, published in 2005, a report is expected in the next 20 years, the global solar thermal power generation will be 16.4 billion euros a year’s huge market. By 2025, the world’s total installed solar thermal power generation capacity will reach 36,000 megawatts; to 2040, solar thermal power generation to meet the 5% of world electricity demand. Relative to the global market, its domestic market potential for solar thermal power generation is very large. It is engaged in electric light and heat of the Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher Ma Sheng Hung is estimated that by 2015, solar thermal power generation in China will reach 400-500 MW. After 2015, annual solar thermal power installed capacity will reach 300-500 MW.

    “Photovoltaic and solar thermal power, advantages and disadvantages of each, who will replace who I do not think the future is the coexistence of two more, have their own applications.” Jiang Qian said that the relatively large-scale solar thermal power generation, while the PV is relatively small, suitable for families, residential area and so, therefore, the two are not exactly the same application. But speaking from the energy and technology side, light and heat more in line with China’s national conditions and long-term planning stage.

    The current global use of solar heat into electricity installed capacity of about 700 MW, 1,200 MW of projects under construction, has announced the construction of the installed capacity was 12,600 MW, and these figures are updated weekly. View the current form of development, the rising star power in the field is likely to surpass PV in the near future, become an important force in the area of power generation.

    However, the rapid development of solar light and heat, can not do without the constant efforts of domestic solar energy companies. “Power Norit as a leader in the solar industry, independent research and development has always insisted, advocated by continuous technical research, make full use of solar thermal technology in the areas of life, and to further advance the industry. Do the same development, and fully enter the power generation only a matter of time. “New Energy Co., Ltd. Shandong Power Norit reaffirming that the civilizational, said general manager.

  • 25Aug

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    Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, China’s second largest solar panel manufacturers have begun to build 100 megawatts of polysilicon Hainan solar cell manufacturing facility. Total investment of 7.7 billions of yuan (about 113 million U.S. dollars) plant by the Hainan Yingli New Energy Resources owns, the project will be completed in May 2011.

    The plant will make the British interest to double production capacity of solar cells, starting in July before shipment from the Hainan plant products to Europe. B170PW03Ying Li on August 19 that its second quarter than first quarter net profit rose 14 percent, stocks in the past three months increased 18%.

  • 24Aug

    AU Optronics today announced that its multi-crystalline solar module EcoDuo PM220P00, through international verification unit SGS “PAS 2050″ carbon footprint product verification, is the world’s first certified carbon footprint standard by the solar modules, key components for the photovoltaic industry product carbon footprint management to lay an important milestone.

    AUO polycrystalline solar module to check the carbon footprint of products, LP089WS1including raw materials, manufacturing, distribution and other phases of carbon emissions into the calculation are complete. AUO confirmed that the solar module manufacturing stage, about 82% for carbon materials, modules, manufacturing accounted for about 17% of carbon emissions, while transportation accounted for about 1% of carbon emissions, which the material part of the share of carbon emissions high proportion. Therefore, the raw materials in solar cell stage, to save energy efficient design and materials, replacement and other R & D, will effectively reduce the overall carbon emissions, reduce product carbon footprint.

    AUO held many suppliers meeting, start the supply chain carbon footprint inventory operations, developed its own carbon footprint using e-data management system, greatly enhancing the efficiency of inventory. Carbon footprint through measurable indicators, can be extended as the next generation of solar photovoltaic products carbon footprint management of reference, with a more detailed database of supply chain carbon footprint as the industry leader in the competitive weapon.

    AU institutions Jianbin PV Senior Associate, said: “The Friends of the polycrystalline solar modules up to the first through the world’s first solar module product carbon footprint verification, re-verify the AUO green commitment (Green Solutions) determination.

    AUO successfully obtained the carbon footprint of solar module products to verify the key, is rich in TFT LCD production management experience in high-precision, carbon footprint inventory and innovative energy-saving technology to extend the development of solar modules and complete implementation of ‘light hand’ strategic layout to cutting-edge green energy technologies, LCD screen and lead the world. “You reach a positive distribution on the lower reaches of the solar energy industry, mastered M. Setek manufacturing high-quality supplies of raw materials, SunPower high-efficiency solar cells and the downstream system project, integrating the most competitive,” complete solution “(Total Solutions ). the future will continue in the solar energy value chain play an important integrating role, and the industry chain partners to work together to create market opportunities around, and through innovative R & D ability and mature supply chain management system, and actively develop a low-carbon products, to provide the best interests of customers and consumers, taking into account the responsibility of care for the earth.

  • 23Aug

    What’s cooler than a rotating house then?

    When you think of even zero energy buildings are rare, and this house is solar energy a house can be 5 times the  output of energy, you will find this incredible.

    German architect Rolf Disch built the house, claimed it for Heliotrope,LP141X12  it can follow the solar rotation, and  structural features, with three panes of insulated glass let light into the room and to maintain the interior cool.

    A solar sail is called the roof of solar panels has a huge capacity of 66,000 kilowatts, which can absorb light  energy, into the house and its power, and the balcony railing on the solar thermal collector can act as water heaters and radiators. Cloudy day, the house can come with wood and solar thermal heating.

    When rotating solar sail itself and the house was separated, and may at any time to adjust their own best position. This makes it better than the energy output of the traditional rooftop solar panels from 30 to 40 percent. Inside the house, wastewater reuse through a purification system for reuse, rainwater is collected in a rooftop pool, and toilet systems can put human waste into compost.

    Live in this house would be very good? Disch must think so, because he lived in the Heliotrope inside. At present, two other Heliorope have been built, each costing about 200 million.