"When could us be like Europe and the United States to have roof installed Photovoltaic Cells (PV) transforming unexhausted solar energy into cheap affordable electricity?", the question that many have asked is now being answered in the newly annouced Jiangsu New Energy and Industrial Restructuring and Revitalization Program Compendium.

"By 2011, the manifestation of grid-connected PV less than 2 yuan per kilowatt-hour will be accomplished and the goal of 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour is projected to be reached as soon as possible, ... ...", a short span of these two sentences in this compendium has raised particular concerns. The solar power, as the current cost of as much as 4 yuan per kWh, through the implementation of this compendium to make Jiangsu into a new energy "strong industry province" and as "a large province of adaptation," will become a truly useful affordable new energy for the people, a person, involved in planning the development of the provincial Development and Reform Commission and read the compendium, has explained.

Photovoltaic industry accounted for 70%, 25% of the world, from the upper streams of polysilicon, silicon chip production to battery components and photovoltaic applications is forming a more complete industry chain; eight photovoltaic enterprises listed; wind turbine and high-speed gear box and other key components occupy 50% of the domestic market ... ... inventory of PV as a leader in the Jiangsu New Energy and Industrial development has been sparking with shining bright spot. However, with this industry scope, Jiangsu Province, as a small energy consumption source, rarely uses their own, while more than 99% PV cells are exported.

"High production costs have impacted the promotion of the application of the new grid-connected PV energy source. Striving force from the domestic demand for the energy industry is not obvious." Provincial Development and Reform Commission said. The reasons for the high cost also lies in the fact that part of the quality of domestically produced equipment, the level of performance and technology sophistication are still lagging behind similar products of foreign countries, many key equipment is relying on imports.

To construct "strong industry province": In 2008, 78 billion yuan sales was from the photovoltaic industry of the province with projection of 3 years' sales to reach 350 billion yuan; more than quadrupled in three years, accounted for nearly 80% of the whole new energy sales.

To excel the industrial layout, and to substantiate a reasonable division of labor: Xuzhou, Yangzhou and Lianyungang will be focused on the development of silicon materials industry with Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing and Zhenjiang being focused on the development of vertical integration of photovoltaic products. Suzhou, Nantong and other places will be focused on the development of a new generation of thin-film solar cells with Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou and other places being focused on the development of photovoltaic industry production and testing equipment. Zhenjiang, Taizhou and other places will be concentrated on developing supporting materials and integrated systems. So does with this layout, five hundreds of billions ultra-PV industrial clusters will be formed. Wind power equipment is targeted with sales revenue of 80 billion yuan to reach a four million kilowatts machine manufacturing capacity, while biomass energy equipment industry and nuclear power equipment industrial is projected to reach a sales revenue of 20 billion yuan.

The "a large province of adaptation," as a leader in the photovoltaic industry, has motioned a new target in the compendium: endeavor for overseas orders, expand the exemplification and promotion of the grid-connected PV, and expedite the development of industrial clustering of building a infrastructure for the world photovoltaic industry, harboring a PV power station export base and establishing a national demonstration platform for the application of photovoltaic products.

Now is the opportune time for "one Yuan per KWh," transforming the dream into reality. And to do this, we must really cost down the production. Recently, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Construction of Housing and Urban have introduced policies to reward 20 yuan / W subsidies for qualified demonstration construction projects of application of solar PV.

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