Optimistic prospect in photovoltaic industry, reduce the cost is still the priority

According to the international renewable energy agency ( IRENA） The latest report, even without subsidies, including solar energy, wind energy, renewable energy has become the world's most cheap source of electricity. Among them, in some parts of the world, photovoltaic power generation cost has dropped to zero. 4 $/ KWH. Chile, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, the united Arab emirates (uae) solar energy resources, especially rich region, photovoltaic power generation bidding and even has a new record for the ground zero. 3 $/ KWH of low price.

but, even so, the third party professional certification testing organizations DEKRA DE kay, east Asia and South Asia area, senior vice President, in mainland China, managing director of Mrs Luebbe Ken ( 格哈德Luebken) View, reduce the cost of photovoltaic industry is still the current main task.

according to Mrs Luebbe Ken, in the early stages of photovoltaic power generation, because the cost is much more expensive than conventional power generation, and therefore the installation must rely on high subsidies. In recent years, remarkable changes have taken place in this situation, the continuous expansion of photovoltaic products and installation, for components and parts product itself and installation are there is an obvious decline in price.

　　“ At the same time, in the strong sunshine intensity and areas, such as China, India, south California, photovoltaic power generation has reached parity target on the Internet. ” Mrs Luebbe Ken told our reporter, & other; And sunshine intensity lower in some areas, such as northern Europe, Canada and other places, could take years to achieve the aim of parity on the Internet. But overall, compared with the traditional power sources, the cost of photovoltaic power generation have very competitive. ”

in fact, in recent years, globally, the production capacity of the photovoltaic modules and the installed capacity in steady growth, but the production capacity of the photovoltaic industry as a whole did not consistent with market demand. Mrs Luebbe willing to think, it is this inconsistency resulted in the intense market competition, to make pv manufacturers also encountered unprecedented pressure on prices.

　　“ The intense market competition makes the manufacturers are facing huge pressure, through continuous innovation need to continue to reduce the cost of photovoltaic modules. ” Mrs Luebbe Ken told our reporter, & other; In the long run, I think the photovoltaic industry a cyclical adjustment is positive, is also an integral part of industry scale integration stage. For the future of the photovoltaic industry, I am still very optimistic. Because, the effective use of photovoltaic (pv) is to reduce carbon emissions, finally realizes the important way of carbon balance. In the European Union, for example, its target is to close coal-fired power plants in the next few years, and 2050 years ago in some countries to achieve the balance carbon emissions. Only vigorously promote the use of renewable energy, especially in the photovoltaic power generation, to achieve this goal. ”

however, Mrs Luebbe Ken also points out that the current development of photovoltaic industry still faces many obstacles to be overcome, such as parity Internet policy implementation. In addition, part of the batch decommissioning and recycling of photovoltaic modules, through policy and legislation is needed to solve. “ Photovoltaic modules retirement spending is a part of total cost calculation. ” Mrs Luebbe said, & other; In order to achieve the overall decline of cost, including recycling, also should fully consider this part of the cost. ”

for the Chinese market, Mrs Luebbe said, China is the world's largest photovoltaic components manufacturing center, is also the most important DEKRA DE kay pv services market. Photovoltaic components and parts in addition to covering the whole industry chain, DEKRA DE kay also hopes to photovoltaic our close cooperation with China, to help manufacturers for material selection and test, in order to continuously improve the efficiency of the component, thus reducing the cost.

　　“ DEKRA DE kay was established in 1925 in Berlin, Germany, has been dedicated to the photovoltaic industry safety testing more than 90 years. ” Mrs Luebbe said, & other; In the field of photovoltaic (pv), we can provide photovoltaic power station service photovoltaic inverter, photovoltaic energy storage system testing services, testing and certification services, and photovoltaic components and component testing and certification services, covering the whole life cycle of the photovoltaic industry. The future market in China, we will have more cooperation with the industry, provide international certification for photovoltaic enterprise, help China pv enterprises entering the international market better. ”