This photograph taken on June 20, 2024 reveals a scene on the 2024 Intersolar Europe exhibition in Munich, Germany. (Xinhua/Li Hanlin)
“Europe is dedicated to attaining the vitality transition aim, and related Chinese corporations, with their experience and expertise, can present high-quality PV options for Europe and assist develop in its renewable vitality growth by way of worldwide cooperation and joint efforts.”
by Xinhua writers Che Yunlong, Huang Yan
MUNICH, Germany, June 23 (Xinhua) — Cooperation between the Chinese and European photo voltaic industries is a “win-win” scenario, specialists and enterprise representatives from the photovoltaic (PV) business mentioned through the just lately concluded Intersolar Europe exhibition, the biggest and most influential PV business occasion in Europe.
The exhibition, held along with three different commerce festivals from Wednesday to Friday in Munich, focuses on the vitality transition.
Approximately 3,000 exhibitors showcased their newest merchandise and options in areas corresponding to PV modules, vitality storage techniques, and charging infrastructure. The occasion attracted practically 111,000 commerce guests from all over the world.
Markus Elsaesser, founder and CEO of the exhibition organizer German Solar Promotion GmbH, famous that 976 Chinese exhibitors participated on this yr’s occasion, making China the biggest participant for the primary time because the starting of the exhibition, adopted by Germany with 934 exhibitors.
INNOVATIVE GREEN BOOSTER
Besides inverters and vitality storage techniques, photo voltaic panels are a important a part of PV merchandise and are composed of a number of photo voltaic cell items, the core element that converts mild vitality into electrical energy. .
At the exhibition, the Chinese firm LONGI Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (LONGI) introduced that it has damaged a file by rising the photoelectric conversion effectivity of commercial-sized silicon-perovskite tandem photo voltaic cells to 30.1 p.c, and is predicted to personal. the technical capability for mass manufacturing within the subsequent few years.
LONGI’s technical success illustrates China’s new developments within the photo voltaic business.
Elsaesser mentioned that he sees many inventions on the exhibition yearly, which profit the decarbonization of business and society in Europe and the world. “And that may be very a lot pushed by Chinese producers, as a result of they’ve a really excessive share of the world market,” he added.
According to the most recent report on the worldwide PV business market outlook launched by SolarEnergy Europe, an affiliation for the European PV sector, Germany will set up 15 GW of recent PV capability by 2023, which elevated greater than one hundred pc year-over-year and rating. fourth when it comes to new capability additions worldwide.
European international locations together with Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands additionally recorded development and have been listed among the many high 10 PV markets in 2023. Last yr, 14 of the 31 international locations with a complete PV put in capability of greater than 1 GW have been within the European Union.
Due to an unprecedented scale of development within the PV business, “it must be emphasised that a lot of this enlargement within the international market is pushed by and in China,” the report mentioned. “Without China’s sturdy photo voltaic funding in deployment, the expansion of the photo voltaic sector might be much more modest,” it added.
At the exhibition sales space of the Chinese firm JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (JA Solar), photo voltaic panels of various powers and sizes attracted guests and commerce companions. According to the sales space employees, these PV merchandise of this firm are utilized in most European international locations, masking a variety of software situations from non-public properties to giant factories and supermarkets.
Zhu Daocheng, vp of JA Solar, instructed Xinhua that primarily based on the general agenda of worldwide vitality transition, China’s PV business will play a extra necessary position within the European renewable vitality market.
“I’m assured that, along with different Chinese corporations, we are able to proceed to carry out nicely within the European photo voltaic market,” he mentioned.
An individual seems at photo voltaic gear on the 2024 Intersolar Europe exhibition in Munich, Germany, on June 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Hanlin)
WIN-WIN COOPERATION
Elsaesser sees the cooperation between the Chinese and European photo voltaic industries as a “win-win” scenario.
While noting that China has constructed an entire worth chain in its PV business from uncooked supplies to ultimate merchandise on a big scale, he mentioned that the nation has helped Europe and even the world to get the aggressive merchandise they want for the objectives of the inexperienced transition.
Chinese corporations may deepen their enterprise in Europe by way of extra cooperation corresponding to native manufacturing. “So, I feel it is good to have cooperation and never elevate any obstacles between international locations and areas,” Elsaesser added.
In the view of Qu Shuaiyuan, CEO of Beny New Energy GmbH headquartered in China, a number of European international locations corresponding to Germany, France, and Spain are given plenty of daylight and have nice demand and potential for to make use of solar energy due to the big quantity. of single-family properties in these international locations. The firm expanded its market in Europe by deepening cooperation with enterprise companions in these international locations to offer photo voltaic techniques and options for balconies and roofs of native properties.
According to studies launched this week by the German Solar Association, greater than 60 p.c of personal dwelling house owners in Germany have proven curiosity in investing in solar energy techniques. The affiliation famous that the PV business in Germany is experiencing a particular financial growth within the space of ​​residential solar energy, in addition to a “small vitality revolution on the balconies of the home.”
“Although any such distributed photo voltaic gadget in a household can generate restricted energy, the cumulative quantity of numerous households in Europe is giant,” mentioned Qu.
The German firm Axitec Energy is a number one photo voltaic module supplier in Europe. It has cooperated with Chinese producers for a few years by producing PV merchandise in China and serving the European continent.
Cristina Lovato, advertising and marketing supervisor of Axitec Energy, mentioned that with its worth chain benefit, China PV business has helped promote the inexperienced transition in Europe.
Dennis She, vp of LONGI, mentioned in an interview with Xinhua through the exhibition that he’s optimistic concerning the continued participation and contribution of Chinese corporations within the European renewable vitality market by way of cooperation. .
“Europe is dedicated to attaining the aim of vitality transition, and related Chinese corporations, with their expertise and expertise, can present high-quality PV options for Europe and assist promote the his renewable vitality growth by way of worldwide cooperation and joint efforts,” he mentioned.
(Xinhua reporter Li Hanlin additionally contributed to the story.)a-
