As China’s installed solar capacity continues to rise, the number of scrapped solar panels, as the core component of solar power generation, is increasing day by day. — AFP
ZHEJIANG: The solar power generation performance on a 2,000 sq m space in Haining has nearly doubled, marking a major leap in quantity.
The achievement on Sept 9, also marked the start of the “trade-in” distributed photovoltaic project at the administrative centre of Haining city, Jiaxing, Zhejiang province.
This was the first distributed photovoltaic “trade-in” project in Zhejiang since the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the “Implementation Plan for Large-scale Equipment Renewal in Key Energy Fields” on Aug 21.
As China’s installed solar capacity continues to rise, the number of scrapped solar panels, as the core component of solar power generation, is increasing day by day.
Promoting the renewal and recycling of solar equipment is becoming increasingly important.
The plan clearly states that it is necessary to promote the renewal and recycling of photovoltaic equipment, support the grid-forming transformation of solar power stations, and comprehensively improve the power generation efficiency and system support capacity of power stations through power electronics technology, digital technology, and intelligent technology.
As a pioneer in the new power system, in August this year, Haining city, issued the “Three-year Action Plan for Promoting Large-scale Photovoltaic Development in Haining”, setting an installed capacity target of 300,000KW per year while striving for 350,000KW.
By the end of 2026, the city’s installed capacity of solar energy will exceed two million kilowatts, and its annual output of green electricity will exceed two billion kilowatt-hours.
One of the measures is to accelerate the renewal of old solar panels, promote the transformation of existing stock through renewal and double the installed capacity and power generation of rooftop panels.
As early as last year, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power started to study and map of installed distributed photovoltaic projects within the whole city of Haining.
“The study covered various photovoltaic projects from residential roofs to industrial and commercial buildings, and assists relevant departments such as development and reform to formulate a distributed photovoltaic trade-in plan,” Zhong Jiewen, deputy director of the marketing department of State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Haining Power Supply Co, said.
The trade-in distributed solar project on the roof of the administrative centre of Haining, Jiaxing, is the first pilot project.
The project will remove 888 P-type 270-watt photovoltaic modules installed on the roof of the municipal government conference centre and replace it with 731 new N-type 590-watt photovoltaic modules.
The installed capacity will increase from 237.6KW to 431.29KW. — China Daily/ANN
