Suzhou Municipal Government in the courtyard of the solar lighting demonstration project - solar garage has officially put into use, car battery charger to spend a high-tech clean energy. At the same time, the large courtyard newly installed 96 solar street is also the official "job" was.

According to the project implementers, Suzhou New District, Suzhou enterprise Artes solar PV Technology Co., Ltd., responsible person, in the future these two projects annual savings of electricity 65 000 degrees, 93 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Main building in Suzhou city about 70 square meters of waste a roof,

Reporters saw the ground with bracket support from a dozen rows of solar panels, these panels during the day by absorbing solar energy storage, energy savings and then output to the underground garage lighting, and to meet the garage 50 car battery while charging. It is understood that this is the first one in Suzhou garage with solar power, a year can save electricity 15 000 degrees.

Compared to the garage, newly installed solar lights greater electricity savings, a year can save electricity 50 000 degrees. Production and construction currently Artes solar lights have been widely used in Suzhou.

 In the central government to expand domestic demand and promote economic growth environment, the new energy field is being unprecedented attention. According to the China Renewable Energy Association · Advanced revealed, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Board is studying the photovoltaic power generation policy support and subsidies, many provinces have begun to put into operation or planned PV projects. So, how photovoltaic technology developed to what extent? Originally belonged to the export-oriented Chinese PV industry could open its domestic application of the road?

And global synchronization, the rapid rise of China as the largest producer of solar cells, solar power as a clean and environmentally friendly forms of renewable energy use in recent years, the rapid development in the world, PV has a few links into resource contains an inexhaustible supply, power generation close zero emissions and other advantages. The past five years, the global PV industry average increase of 49.5%, in 2007 compared to 2006 is an increase of 56.2%; recent years, the rapid development of China's PV industry has become the world's largest producer of solar cells. 2000, China's polycrystalline solar panels production was only 3 megawatts to reach 1,088 megawatts by the end of 2007, more than Europe (1062.8 MW) and Japan (920 MW), ranking first in the world.

With China's huge solar cell production capacity compared to the application of photovoltaic power generation in the country is very small, the main obstacle is the high cost of development. China's photovoltaic industry is a typical export-oriented industries, the main raw materials and sales markets in foreign countries; domestic development is limited to remote areas without electricity, and a number of demonstration projects in big cities. In 2006, China's primary energy consumption, the solar only 0.51%; 2007, China PV power installed capacity is less than 1% share of the world, and its position far from producing countries. Compared with conventional power generation, photovoltaic power generation initially high investment cost, coupled with the lack of domestic photovoltaic industry for the strong support policies, so there is a certain distance from the commercial applications. Currently, the cost of photovoltaic power generation at 4 yuan / kWh, much higher than thermal power costs.

PV industry was "pyramid" structure, Chinese enterprises are mainly concentrated in the downstream industrial chain, industrial chain in the middle is more technical advantages. From the chain perspective, silicon-based solar cells http://www.sungoldpower.co.uk/ can be divided into two industries: silicon raw material extraction and purification → Ingot / Rod Production → Production → Components → battery power system.

PV industrial structure was "pyramid" type, number of competitors along different segments of the industry chain gradually increased substantially from top to bottom. In 2007, China has more than 500 photovoltaic companies and R & D units, mainly in the downstream industry chain, China Jiangxi LDK PV enterprises and Suntech are located in the industrial chain upstream and midstream.

From a technical point of view, China polysilicon production technology is relatively backward, silicon ingot / silicon rods manufacturing, battery manufacturing technology is more mature, China's polysilicon production technology is mainly based on a modified Siemens process, due process backward, the average energy consumption of the world's advanced level 1.5-2 times; and previous production shortage of supply, and more dependent on foreign imports. In Ingot / rods manufacturing sector, the major domestic manufacturers technology is relatively mature; battery manufacturing, most Chinese PV companies craft close to or reached the international advanced level.

 U.S. financial crisis caused by the economic downturn impact on the global solar industry. Solar energy industry is expected the coming period will last a seller into a buyer's market, demand will depend on the support of governments policies, some of the market may be slowing down. Meanwhile, the huge investment required for solar power projects in the money market liquidity crunch in the case could face funding problems. Kasikorn Research Center predicted that this year's global newly installed solar power generation equipment, the total generating capacity may be reduced to 4,000-6,000 MW, while the total generating capacity of 5,235 megawatts last year, an increase of 1.3 times.

Thailand's export-oriented solar industry will inevitably be affected. As the demand slowdown and operators of solar panel production capacity, the price of solar panels and solar industry revenue tends to decline, resulting in medium and small enterprises in Thailand solar wind controller industry may face in the short term liquidity problems that may need to consider looking for joint ventures or partnerships, or consider corporate mergers or production departments in order to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency.

In the market, although the overall situation of the world market of solar grid tie inverter energy industry slowdown, but the Thai solar panel manufacturing industry in many countries there are still opportunities to expand exports, especially the solar and alternative energy support policies, including among the economic stimulus measures countries such as Japan, China, the United States and has the potential of emerging markets such as South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa and other regions.

Thai solar panel manufacturing long-term challenge is to improve the international competitiveness of the market and create economies of scale. In terms of production, operators should continuously improve product quality and performance, and for the household or industrial development target customer groups to meet their different needs and uses of products.

 May 25 learned from the Hainan Provincial Department of Construction, Hainan ongoing building integrated solar architectural design contest, people can and have every architectural engineering design qualification units and solar companies competing against, decide the most refined beautiful solar architecture.

Provincial Construction Department official said that this building integrated solar sungoldpower architectural design competition aims to guide and strengthen the building to achieve the effective use of solar energy, according to the economic, aesthetic and practical principles, combined with Hainan regional architectural features and weather patterns, the building and solar energy utilization technology a perfect fit, in order to realize solar energy and building integrated, building a suitable Hainan geographical characteristics of solar architecture, accelerate the use of solar energy in the process of the construction field.

Provincial Construction Department official said that the contest with the design of architectural engineering design qualification units, solar http://www.sungoldpower.co.uk/ energy companies, universities and students in the school, individuals can participate, entries should be July 30, 2009 reported to the Provincial Department of Construction survey and Design and Technology Department. The competition first prize two, three second prize, third prize several names, including first prize will receive prize money 10,000 yuan.

 Recently, Zhejiang Province, the first solar product quality inspection center located in Haining. This will be the local solar industry to provide strong technical support.

Haining solar energy industry is the second leather, textiles, warp after another rise in the local sunrise industry, with its output accounting for about 15% of the solar energy industry, is the country's solar industry south of the Yangtze region's largest production base of solar water heaters. To further enhance the level of development of solar energy industry Haining, Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Province Bureau of Quality Supervision approved the construction of solar products quality inspection center, It is the province's first solar product testing center.

According to the relevant person in charge, Zhejiang solar products quality inspection center a project for the solar water heater project inspection, construction 13.65 million yuan investment budget, which invested 5 million yuan testing equipment, testing experimental office complex space 4000 square meters, two of PV testing.

After the completion of the center, product testing project will reach 10, the project covering the whole pure sine wave power inverter water heaters and accessories all performance parameters, comprehensive testing capability reached domestic leading level, wherein the thermal performance testing platform capabilities will also be present at the same time 8 units / sets of solar water heaters and six all-glass vacuum tube solar collector testing, elevated to the same time 16 units / sets of solar water heaters, solar collectors and 2 sets of 12 all-glass vacuum tube solar collector testing.