Jinan City recently announced a new energy, light industry, textile industry and equipment manufacturing industry planning in four areas, according to "Jinan City, the new energy industry development plan (2009-2011)", to 2011, Jinan City, will build three Solar industrial base, in which solar energy research and production base in eastern Jinan focus on solar photovoltaic, solar thermal utilization and related ancillary products in the field of research and development, the formation of research in one of the solar industry cluster.

Currently, the "World Solar thermal look at China, China of Shandong, Jinan, Shandong, see" pattern has been formed, according to the survey, in 2008, Shandong solar energy production accounts for about 30%. As of 2008, Shandong cumulative promotion of buy solar panels thermal products more than 1000 square meters, equivalent to 15 years of the European Union, North America 30 years of promotion amount.

Data show Jinan rough tube solar market share of domestic production accounts for 51% of the world's largest production base of solar blank tube. Solar coated tube production accounts for 25% of domestic market share, accounting for over 70% of the high-end market, production and sales in the domestic market first. Therefore, among the four major industrial planning, focusing on cultivating the solar industry as a strong industrial base.

Solar thermal is less investment and quick, economical and practical, energy conservation and alternative energy to achieve a sunrise industry, solar water heater is an energy-saving, environmental, economic, easy to use green products, the development of solar water heater industry, consistent with sustainable development strategy is to build a resource-saving and environment-friendly society to address urban and rural residents with low-temperature hot water and low temperature hot water for industrial and agricultural production with an effective way.

According to industry experts, 2007 is China's solar http://www.sungoldpower.co.uk/ water heater industry, the rapid development of the year. Annual output of 23 million square meters, an increase of 30%, total sales of 32 billion yuan, provided about 2.5 million jobs. In the 2008 to 2009 period, despite the financial crisis, but the solar industry has always been higher than 20% growth pace.

The flagship of the rural market of solar water heaters, hot water works three major international markets and market full speed. With around the introduction of the new rural construction planning and related work, all levels of government departments and towns to install solar water heaters for the farmers as an important work content, while solar energy is included in the scope of subsidies for home appliances, which greatly promoted solar water heater application. At present, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong and some wealthy areas, the promotion rate of 60% -70%, the western region the rural market has started.

Deputy General Manager Li Norit Zhe Liang Wen said that the rural consumer market potential is much greater than we can imagine, the current quality of life of people in improving the level of consumption is also increasing, coupled with the recent state of the implementation of solar water heater subsidies, causing the rural market demand for solar water heaters blowout.

 Currently, the global solar market is extremely unstable. This is from the past few months a number of solar companies restructuring, profitability case can be seen. Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Energy Project Manager Irina said that the global credit crunch led to weaker demand in the solar market, especially in Europe and the USA. Irina expects the Asia region in the solar market has great potential.

According to the solar professional website Solarbuzz latest survey pointed out that in July the solar module prices are still lower, U.S. region, following last month fell 9 cents, to continue to decline to $ 4.56; Europe again fell 4 cents to 4.44 euros, continuing to write a record low. The price change is mainly due to supply-side initiative to cut prices in order to seek balance between supply and demand.

The survey showed that the solar module prices have been the first seven months downward trend. Solarbuzz noted that since February, retail prices fell in tandem, mainly because product prices decline. For producers, in order to better cost savings, they also face the challenge of efficiently optimize the internal structure, so as to enhance the anti-risk ability. Irina said that the current economic crisis tightened expensive disposable solar project funding, which has forced many companies to re-estimate the solar market in Europe and the U.S. dominance in order to better adjust their business strategies.

However, according to the analyst firm, said another energy analyst Su Ruite Asia Pacific recently announced economic stimulus plan will bring a new round of upsurge solar market. From a global perspective, the focus has been shifted solar market, specifically, from Europe, the United States traditionally strong markets such as Asia-Pacific region turned blockbuster countries, such as China, Korea, India and so on.

Surui Te said that these economic plan will help the solar panel manufacturers market in the short to medium term recovery. In China issued $ 440 billion economic stimulus plan, solar green energy plan is a key project plan. According to the current situation shows that the Asia-Pacific region will continue to increase the demand for solar energy. So far, many solar manufacturers are actively preparing for the related facilities to meet market needs.

Asia-Pacific region by expanding solar market, multinational companies can better solve the U.S. and European markets in the face of a crisis of overproduction. In addition, many of the world solar energy company will continue to open up the Asian market because of the region's low production costs, skilled employees, which is enough to attract manufacturers to increase investment.

Meanwhile, many countries in Asia Pacific are investing heavily in green energy, government departments have also always pay attention to the development of solar projects, these conditions are provided by the manufacturer will be great prospects for development. Value chain in the solar market, the global economic downturn for the weak liquidity great impact on small companies. In order to enhance market competitiveness, large buy solar panels companies must also seek to enterprise integration, which for a small company, it is a relatively good choice. Benefit both companies to increase the profitability of enterprises, so that there will be conducive to the development of the solar market in Asia Pacific. The current high demand in Asia Pacific, low-cost solar market offers good prospects for development. With the advance of the relevant policies in the region, Asia will become the global solar market new regions.

 TFT-LCD LCD panel manufacturers ranked second in the world - South Korean LG Display (LG Display Co., Ltd.) Was officially released will be put into thin-film solar cell industry. LG will be the second half of 2009 invested 50 billion won (about 4 billion yen), in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea build experimental solar cell production lines and outdoor power equipment, from 2012 onwards will be able to start commercial production of the battery.

Solar is currently widely used semiconductor material silicon crystalline silicon used, but with the existence of high prices of silicon feedstock shortage problem. Opposite, LG Display manufactured thin film solar cells, in the glass substrate or a plastic substrate, forming an amorphous silicon film, a significant reduction of the use of silicon material. Amplified by the substrate size, have the opportunity to make the manufacturing process to achieve efficiency and reduce energy consumption. In addition, the thickness of the film is relatively thin type battery, the application range more widely than the crystalline cell, for a feature.

LG Display to TFT-LCD manufacturing Know-how alive for solar cell business, 2009 will be in the second half of the LCD factory in Paju area construction and power generation facilities experimental production line. In addition to plans to transform both energy efficiency from the current 8%, increased to 12% in 2010, up 14% than 2012, and the manufacturing cost per watt down to one U.S. dollar or less, in 2012 began to prepare commercial production.

LG is the original solar power, building, public display for the production goal, but in the long term, mobile devices, car display is also a major focus direction. South Korea, LG Display's parent company LG Electronics previous step to strengthen the cause of solar power. The company expects to invest 220 billion until the end of 2010 won, in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Gyeongsan build two annual capacity of 120MW class crystalline solar sungoldpower cell production line.

In addition, LG's competitors, the world's largest LCD panel maker Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) Also shows that will put solar cell business. According to Chosun Ilbo access the contents of Samsung Electronics Co. cadres, Samsung Electronics is currently invested 300 to 400 billion won, is the city of Yongin, Gyeonggi Xing plant construction unit annual capacity of 30MW solar cell production line, and consider investments in 2010 combined yards 3000 to 400 billion won, additional production lines in order to ensure the production capacity of 300MW.

 China Ordnance Equipment Group belongs Anshan Baoding Tianwei Group Co., Ltd. will build solar "roof", which is the Tianwei Group and Anshan Municipal People's Government an important strategic cooperation agreement, but also the state promulgated the "Regulations on accelerating the implementation of solar PV building applications opinion "since the implementation of the first emperor of solar construction projects.

Under the agreement, Anshan Municipal People's Government will vigorously promote the construction of new energy in the city of applications, support for building in Anshan northeast Tianwei New Energy, power transmission and industrial base. Both sides expressed their professional working group will be composed of Anshan and its surrounding areas wind, light resources survey, the region to promote solar energy, wind energy capacity of the basic conditions and market assessment of the demonstration project, construction inspection and confirmation conditions work.

Tianwei has full confidence in the development of new energy industry, with a keen market sense and advance the strategic vision, occupying the forefront of the new energy industry, from photovoltaic solar to wind power, from crystalline silicon raw material, crystalline to amorphous silicon thin film silicon products solar cells, from the wind power machine to the fan blades, in the new field of energy involved in the formation of the broadest and most complete industrial chain with huge industrial clusters, leading the development of the industry.

The face of the international financial crisis on the new energy industry challenges and opportunities, Tianwei adhere to the "new energy industry as the main industry strategic position without wavering, the new energy industry unwavering faith, unwavering in new energy investments", firmly grasping substantial price cuts currently live in the main building material of the favorable opportunity to speed up project construction speed, and strive to be completed in advance, ahead of production, production capacity as soon as possible to quickly seize the market, while exploring new energy market rules and operational mechanisms,

Increased marketing efforts, a total investment of over 10 billion yuan of Tianwei New Energy (SW) Industrial Park, with music Tianwei Sichuan Silicon Power Tianwei Silicon two 3000 tons of polysilicon, amorphous films, more than 10 new energy key projects will be put into production, Tianwei polysilicon feedstock production capacity can reach 7,260 tons of polysilicon products will exceed 500 MW. Tianwei New Energy (Chengdu) PV solar modules wind grid tie inverter  company's first 1000 product success off the assembly line, at present, the company has been accepting orders component products to 2011.

 U.S. RFMD (RF Micro Devices) announced that it has started with the U.S. Department of Energy renewable energy technology research institution "National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)" to develop an efficient use of compound semiconductor solar cells. Development cooperation will continue until at least the beginning of 2012.

NREL was in August 2008 developed a combination of the three GaInP and GaInAs junction type solar cells, and confirmed that 326 times the condenser, its conversion efficiency up to 40.8%. For NREL, the purpose of this collaboration is to develop the use of a compound semiconductor RFMD has production plants to establish efficient solar cell production technology.

RFMD and NREL developed in the partnership set up three development stages. The first phase is the ability to NREL RFMD production line manufacturing a solar cell; second stage is manufactured solar cell technology show. The third stage is to establish high-yield, high productivity and low cost mass production technology.