As one of the largest manufacturing countries in the solar energy photovoltaic industry, China has attempted to speed up the domestic development and application of solar energy resources by reducing the development costs of domestic photovoltaic power generation projects.
When other countries are still haggling about energy conservation and emission reduction issues at the UN Climate Change Conference Cancun, Mexico on December 5th, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development as well as the National Energy Administration of China have, three days earlier, already announced in Beijing that China will make full use of state subsidies in the coming few years to carry out a series of projects including the “Solar Energy Roof” project, and actively push forward large-scale application of solar energy photovoltaic power generation technologies in China. The four ministries together decided to establish the first batches of Demonstration Areas of Photovoltaic Power Generation Industry in China which consists of 13 development zones, including Beijing Economic & Technological Development Area. The decision indicates that, as one of the largest manufacturing countries in the solar energy photovoltaic industry, China has attempted to speed up the domestic development and application of solar energy resources by reducing the development costs of domestic photovoltaic power generation projects., and pull China out of the dilemma of limited application of solar energy photovoltaic power generation technologies.
Mr. Su Weili, Chairman & CEO of Sky Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., warmly welcomes the newly issued measures. As one of the domestic experts who first entered into the solar energy photovoltaic industry, Mr. Su has exploited the European market and engaged in development of photovoltaic power plants at the early development stage of global photovoltaic industry. With accumulative installed capacity more than 100MW, Su also witnessed the whole development process of China’s photovoltaic industry. “The photovoltaic industry in China has, for quite a long term, been known as the photovoltaic manufacturing industry due to lack of core technologies and support of mature market. That is why China is called the ‘World Factory’” Mr. Su said.
But so far, both important ends of domestic photovoltaic manufacturing industry, i.e., the raw material market and the end-use market, have been flourishing in foreign counties. Having a good understanding of the industry risk caused due to passive development mode, Mr. Su led Sky Solar to exploit the American and European markets, and establish local technical and development teams. Within five years, Sky Solar has successfully developed, built, delivered or operated dozens of large-scale ground and roof-top photovoltaic power station projects in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Greece, Canada and other countries.
By comparing foreign photovoltaic power plants, Chinese solar energy photovoltaic power plants have fewer experiences in development and operation. As a Chinese citizen, Mr. Su is always keeping in mind that he and his company should introduce their development experiences and technologies in foreign photovoltaic power plants to domestic projects, thus promoting the upgrading of domestic solar energy photovoltaic industry chain. Importing of technologies will push forward the industrial development. Mr. Su always holds that, “Definitely, the mode of World Factory will not be able to accelerate the development of the whole industry. The correct way for the development of China’s solar energy photovoltaic industry is to import core technologies and reduce system costs. Sky Solar is willing to work with our strategic partners to provide technical and market services to domestic market.”
As a senior expert in the industry, Mr. Su holds that, the photovoltaic power industry is not only a green industry with low carbon emission, but also an emerging industry with high output and continuous profits. He wishes to attract the attention of the whole society and look forward to soon issuance of relevant national supporting policy which can lead and support the development of the domestic solar energy photovoltaic industry in an integrated and efficient way.
“The solar energy photovoltaic power generation plants will undoubtedly become one of the main energy sources in the future, however, the cost pressure reflected at current stage is a big problem. In order to widen and promote the application of solar energy in the future, the Chinese government should provide subsidies for large-scale construction of solar energy photovoltaic power plants, thus reducing costs. Actually this is common practice adopted by the governments of other foreign countries.” Mr. Su said, “Although the new measures will be only applied in some small-scale development zones and industrial parks to promote the development of the photovoltaic power generation industry, it indicates a positive signal that, the government is launching its support program for the domestic photovoltaic power generation market.”