Solar energy to achieve grid parity in
On June 9 meeting of the development of large-scale solar power seminar, the National Energy Board new and renewable energy, said deputy director Liang Zhipeng, preliminary consideration of the Energy Bureau, China s solar power by 2015 to achieve the user side of parity, to the price of solar power in 2020 with basically the same as traditional fossil energy sources.
At present, the price of solar power, without considering the case of land costs about 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour, in which the price of PV down to 0.73 yuan, but still 3-4 times the price of coal-fired power generation, and Wind power also higher compared to about 50%. 2015 users online side of parity means to achieve grid parity solar power during the second five the price of 0.2 yuan will be lower and lower, that to the cost of solar power down to 0.8 yuan per kilowatt-hour or less, PV price reduced to 0.5 yuan, with the current wind power prices were flat. "Currently under construction, 100 million kilowatts, the future will be an annual increase rate of 100-200 million kilowatts of installed capacity is expected that by 2015 China s solar power capacity will reach 10 million kilowatts." LIANG Zhi-peng said. However a month ago, the National Energy Board chief engineer Wu Guihui disclosed the Energy Bureau of the "solar energy development plan" or solar power installed capacity in 2015 reached 500 million kilowatts. Just 30 days, solar power, "planning" capacity will achieve the double.
According to the National Energy Board new and renewable energy Energy Division Director Dong Xiufen introduced above 10 million kilowatts installed capacity consists of three parts. Which in Qinghai, Xinjiang, Gansu and other provinces start solar power base in Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shanxi, Tibet, etc. to promote the key large-scale solar power projects, these large-scale solar power plants account for about 6.5 million kilowatts.
In addition, about 300 million kW distributed photovoltaic projects, mainly concentrated in the eastern region with energy-based, consumption indicators in accordance with arrangements for the project, to encourage self-occupied, the remaining about 50 million kilowatts, mainly off-grid solar systems, as remote areas without electricity, power shortage area applications.
According to the Energy Bureau data released at the meeting, as of the end of 2010, China s cumulative PV capacity of 86 million kilowatts, of which grid-connected PV 70 million kilowatts, 160,000 kilowatts of photovoltaic off-grid; then added 580,000 kilowatts, of which grid-connected photovoltaic 550,000 kilowatts.