U.K. High-Level Seminar On China Solar: Solar Cells Is Expected To Enter Low-Cost Era

The British Royal Society proposed that the high-level seminar in the solar held recently in Beijing. Organised by the International Cooperation Bureau, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the high-tech development by the Institute of Electrical contractors Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences vice president Li Jinghai, vice chairman of the British Royal Society Lorna Casselton, as well as between China and Britain more than 30 scientists attended the meeting.

In 2006, China's solar cell production capacity will reach 380 MW, the output ranks third in the world. 2007, China's production capacity of silicon materials reached 1,000,000 tons, the production capacity of solar cells reached 800 MW to 1000MW.

"The next two to three years, China's production capacity of solar cells could replace Europe and Japan to become the world's largest producer." Researcher at the Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences electrician Wang Wenjing said. Wang Wenjing said: "At present, large-scale industry has been the major solar cells for crystalline silicon solar cells, battery and costly. Expand with the demand for low-cost, thin-film solar cells gradually came to the surface, this battery low cost, crystal silicon cells is only 1 / 3 to 1 / 2, but due to technical limitations, this battery efficiency is not high. in this forum, the Chinese and British experts to discuss the topic of how to improve The battery efficiency. once achieve this goal, the cost of solar cells will be greatly reduced. "

Both sides in the 21st century the two major problems facing the world - the energy crisis and environmental problems reached a consensus: the development of solar energy has become an urgent task. Wang Wenjing said: "This year the South to concentrate on the serious snowstorm of the electricity grid was a problem, and makes the electrical energy security has become a major issue, distributed power supply study also on the agenda. While solar power is distributed power supply as an option. "

The Bureau also said: The two-day forum aims to provide an expert in the high-level platforms, understanding and the exchange of the two countries in the use of solar energy technology development policies, key technologies, and promote the development of solar energy-related measures, problems and the future technology road map, and give full play to the Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences related research in the field of solar comprehensive advantages, the progressive lay with the United Kingdom to carry out substantive cooperation.

Source: 科学时报 Mar. 5, 2008

Saudi Oil Kingdom In The Country To Become Solar

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi on the 2nd in France "strategic oil" magazine said in an interview, Saudi Arabia prepared to invest in the development of solar energy.

Naimi said: "For countries such as Saudi Arabia…… concern and should be the most important development is one of the solar energy and we hope that through the efforts of Saudi Arabia to become solar research and development center, and 30-50 Year after a power-exporting country. "

Naimi said Saudi Arabia is developing a new technology. This technology will be able to stripping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stored in the ground out, "Many countries hope to cooperate with us."

Saudi Arabia accounted for one third of the world oil reserves, the current daily production of about 10 million barrels of crude oil, is the world's largest oil exporter.

Source: 新华网 Mar. 2, 2008

Global Renewable Energy-Related Business Rapidly Expanding

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with researchers of the international organizations "Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)" recently published a report that shows that in 2007 the global use of solar energy and other renewable energy sources for power generation equipment investment total of about 71 billion US dollars, renewable energy-related business is rapidly expanding.

The report pointed out that last year Germany for the use of renewable energy for power generation equipment investment ranks of the first countries to 14 billion US dollars, followed by China and the United States were 12.9 billion US dollars and 10 billion US dollars.

Source: 人民日报 Mar. 5, 2008

China's Construction Output To A GW Of Solar Photovoltaic Cells Project

China Power Investment Corporation will invest 5 billion yuan in the construction of Xi'an with an annual capacity of 1 GW solar photovoltaic cells, China's production capacity of solar photovoltaic cells will be a qualitative leap in there.

This project is China Power Investment Corporation on the 24th in Xi'an announced. The group, which has been on the Northwest Branch and Xi'an national civil aerospace industrial base signed an agreement in the industrial base will be formally launched a GW of solar photovoltaic cells projects.

Since 1999, world solar cell output by 30 to 40 percent increase in the 2005 global sales of solar cells has reached 1,500 megawatts. Pulling in foreign markets, in recent years China's photovoltaic industry has developed rapidly, to the end of 2006, China's production capacity of solar cells has been over one GW as the world's three major producers of solar cells.

The China Power Investment Corporation investment GWh annually to a solar photovoltaic cells, solar cells is not only the domestic manufacturers of "mega", and in the international community will also play an important role. According to investment plans, the project will start construction this year, the construction period of five years, when completed, to achieve an annual output value of 31 billion yuan.

China Power Investment Group is China, one of the most important power generation, the Group has been in Xining City of Qinghai Province plans to build a polysilicon projects, which have solar photovoltaic cells industries upstream products polysilicon materials . With solid financial strength and control of raw materials, technology, and China Power Investment Group's investment project of solar photovoltaic cells global PV industry will have an enormous impact.

Source: 新华网 Mao Haifeng Jan. 25, 2008

The World's Largest Thin-Film Solar Battery Factory In Brandenburg Construction

Johanna solar technology company will start construction of Brandenburg in Germany the world's largest copper indium gallium selenium sulfur solar modules packaging factory with a total investment of 72 million euros to a planned output of 30 MW in 2009 to reach 60 MW, providing 180 jobs.

According to the company president on the latest technology based on the solar modules highest conversion rate can reach 16%, with the traditional silicon components comparable, he predicted that in 2010 thin-film modules will account for the world solar system installation share of 20%, copper indium gallium sulfur and selenium components accounted for one half. The maturity of the technology will improve and promote the polysilicon bottleneck problems at the same time in 2008 to more than large-scale enterprises will be expanded and more silicon production, then the time will be more likely to repeat silicon production overcapacity situation. Those who rely on the multi-crystalline silicon solar plant material downstream survival is how we think about.

Source: 硅业在线 Feb. 26, 2008