Solar energy: reduce costs to Face Challenges

Enterprise Perspective: tourist destination in Spain, Murcia, an installed capacity of 6 million kilowatts of solar power station is being built by Chinese companies. In charge of the project the green energy companies, Shanghai Jiaotong University Yasuharu Digital Camcorder Battery, General Manager Zhu Yuanhao told reporters that this is China’s largest photovoltaic companies overseas, one of the projects and, more importantly, the power plant will be solar panels with the “Shanghai Electric Topsola” The brand identity from China.

In 2007 China’s photovoltaic industry is the unusual. As we all know, Germany is the major market for photovoltaic business, as the country each year for renewable energy to reduce 5% of the implementation of subsidies, domestic enterprises will face no small shock. Zhuyuan Hao said, “Murcia smooth development of the project has strengthened our confidence in the future, we will explore more of Spain’s projects.” It is understood that Topsolar offices and service centers in Spain, preparations are being made.

In technology, will increase next year, Topsolar thin solar panels and efficient investment in the development and gradually reduce the manufacturing costs of solar panels. For the domestic photovoltaic market in the ascendant, Zhu Yuanhao believes that “cost reduction and the introduction of Digital Camera Battery specific incentive policies should be two-pronged approach.”

Expert opinion: “Next year, raw materials shortage will seriously affect the large-scale crystalline silicon solar cell production, thin-film solar panel production will exceed the annual growth rate of crystalline silicon.” Jiao Tong University Solar Energy Research Institute Professor Cui Rongqiang photovoltaic power generation in 2007, the field technology trends do judge.

At present, the photovoltaic power generation system has three types of panels, including crystalline silicon, thin film and concentrating. Crystalline silicon solar panels which occupy the mainstream product, but the film’s development faster. The scholars on whether the development of concentrating solar power systems are also in dispute. Some experts believe that concentrating device can effectively reduce the size of silicon crystal panels, thereby reducing costs. However, Prof Cui has a different view, he thought that condensing unit can not use the energy of the scattered light in the sky, coupled with transmission equipment maintenance costs and energy consumption, but will add cost. In the long run, manufacturing, semiconductor materials, solar cells, there is still huge room for downward movement, while the existing condenser materials have been less likely to substantial price reductions.

For the recent “German PV market saturation” and “Chinese PV companies may encounter winter,” the report, Choi Professor, Germany’s photovoltaic power generation in the country for less than 1% of the total generating capacity, “now only in the emergence of a high price saturated illusion, “he said,” If the product prices down, including Germany, will further expand the international PV market. “He expressed confidence that the cost of photovoltaic power generation products are in order 5% to 10% of the annual rate of decline Canon Battery, while the photovoltaic conversion efficiency Zeyi annual rate of about 0.2% increase. If this rate continues, the solar power is bound to all households.

Clean Coal: increasing independent innovation

Enterprise Perspective: the small Longtan power plant in Yunnan, from Shanghai Boiler Works is responsible for construction of 300 thousand kilowatts circulating fluidized bed boilers have been put into use. Test results show that desulfurization fully achieved its stated goal. In the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Power Plant, the company’s one million kilowatts a supercritical generating units are being installed and are expected by the end of 2007 can be put into use.

Shanghai Boiler Factory, deputy chief engineer of PAN-min told reporters that although the next two years the company’s total production of the boiler or less, but in 2007 the proportion of high efficiency boilers will account for more.

November 28 this year, the Shanghai Boiler Factory R & D center inaugurated. Establishment of the Canon BP-208 Center not only provides a clean coal technology, production and research development platform, also marks the next year, Shanghai Boiler Works will further increase the R & D investment, and gradually carrying out the boiler for clean energy and related cutting-edge technology research and development. At present, 600,000 kilowatts of supercritical boilers, 600,000 kilowatts of supercritical W-shaped flame boiler and 600,000 kilowatts circulating fluidized bed boilers and so on have appeared in R & D list.

Development of the market for clean coal, PAN Min said that the current domestic boilers for electricity generation market, competition is very fierce, enterprises not only need to master advanced technology, product price and quality have to meet the market demand.

Expert opinion: In the next few years, coal will remain China’s main source of energy. R & D of clean coal technology to China is of great significance, not only can improve the utilization efficiency of coal, but also can improve the level and ability to control environmental pollution.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute of Thermal Power Engineering Professor Luo Yonghao revealed that this year Shanghai has two bright spots in the clean coal technology. One is the multi-generation coal gasification research and development of key technologies. At present, Shanghai Huayi Group Wu Jing in the chemical industry base has been completed gasification chemical products, energy products, the two major industrial chain to achieve the clean use of coal, and applied for more than ten patents. Meanwhile, the Huayi company has also developed a coal-based Canon BP-511 fuel cell using hydrogen and clean energy production demonstration line of DME products.

The low nitrogen oxide combustion technology is another bright spot. In the city, organized by Science and Technology Commission, Shanghai launched a series of clean coal power generation research, is now able to effectively control the discharge of pollutants caused by coal combustion. Professor Luo said that according to the third round of this year’s launch of the Shanghai Environmental Action Plan, the government will invest billions of dollars to make generator set equipment, desulphurization in five years to achieve the standard, from the 60% reduction in sulfur emission power generation started, is expected by 2010, Shanghai will fully achieve desulphurization coal-fired power plant.

Transnational oil companies to accelerate development and utilization of hydrogen energy

Shell Hydrogen plans to take the lead role of the hydrogen economy, the first 10 years, has started preliminary development projects, including the filling operation of hydrogen stations to support hydrogen vehicles commercially available. Shell Hydrogen Energy Conversion Devices Inc. and the United States established a joint venture of hydrogen storage systems, development of solid hydride hydrogen storage technology and commercialization in 2003, on-board hydrogen storage tank has to provide 50 hydrogen fuel cell Canon LP-E5 vehicles into the market. The company is also in cooperation with General Motors Corporation in early 2005 in Washington, cast the first one with the hydrogen filling station, 6 sets of GM’s fuel-cell vehicles have Hydrogen3 this is the first hydrogenation.

Chevron Texaco Technology, Inc. (a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation) in May 2005 in the United States Chino (Chino) Hyundai? Kia Technical Center USA, voted with the first Chevron Hydrogen Energy Station. The project is the U.S. Department of Energy hydrogen energy technologies as part of five-year plan. Injection of new hydrogen station for the modern five Tucson and Kia Sportage fuel cell vehicle filling hydrogen gas, which fuel cell vehicles using proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology. Fuel cell power is 80 kW, can travel in cold environments.

BP is also involved in the production, distribution and sale of hydrogen, a series of validation projects are under way, including hydrogen stations in London, to hydrogen-powered cars supply of hydrogen fuel. BP as the world’s key player in hydrogen fuel demonstration project in China’s first hydrogen refueling station in operation in 2006. BP signed a cooperation agreement with China to participate in China’s hydrogen-fuel vehicle demonstration projects. Second half of 2005, which hydrogen fuel cell vehicle demonstration activities in the first run in Beijing, Shanghai, manner. To the procurement of six two hydrogen fuel cell buses to run goal is to run the mileage of 12 vehicles to 160 thousand kilometers Canon NB-1LH. At present, BP in the global production of 5,000 tons of hydrogen per day, including 1,300 tons of high-purity hydrogen. Landing rights in China, the future of hydrogen refueling station will be in civilian use of hydrogen, the commercialization of an attempt. As early as May 2004, BP is on a retail service stations in Singapore have successfully increased hydrogenation equipment, making the company become the world’s first gas stations in the traditional provision of environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel companies.

Multinational companies over the next 10 years to develop and put into use up to 15 sets of industrial hydrogen power projects. BP and GE power generation equipment manufacturers have begun operating two projects. They will make fossil fuels into hydrogen, hydrogen power generation through combustion turbines. The two companies will also be generated in the production process to collect 90% of carbon dioxide, into the deep strata.