Largest PV power generation project put into operation
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Monday, 24 June 2013 10:31
The Geely grid-connected solar project was put into operation on June 19, becoming the city's largest photovoltaic power generation project.
Zhejiang Geely Automobile Company is located in Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone. The roofs of the FE workshop stamping, welding, painting and final assembly plants are covered by a total of more than 9,300 pieces of polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic components. With a total investment of 28 million yuan, the capacity of the project is 2.23 MW, and the average annual output reaches 2 million KWH.
According to a person in charge of the company, by installing equipments on the existing roofs, they can not only reduce costs but also effectively solve the problem of electricity shortage in peak hours.
With the photovoltaic project officially put into operation, the company can save electricityby around 5% annually, amounting to 500,000 yuan of cost savings. During the peak hours, it can effectively reduce the use of grid power, and leave more power for civil use. In addition, the project has an obvious effect of energy conservation and emission reduction, as it can save 752.8 tons of standard coal each year, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1972.2 tons.
In late October last year, the State Grid Corporation of China announced that it will provide free services for qualified photovoltaic power generation projects, which led many energy-conservation companies to get involved in the field of solar photovoltaic power generation. Currently, Ningbo Electric Power Bureau has received 28 applications for distributed grid-connected PV power generation projects. Before the operation of the Geely project, the PV power generation project invested by Jingyuan Solar Energy Corporation, with the 380-volt user side-on-grid system and a total installed capacity of 1.2 MW, is the largest PV project in Ningbo.
It is reported that in the next few years, Ningbo will vigorously support the solar energy development projects. Through the implementation of sunlight roof plan and construction of the distributional solar energy electricity generation demonstration projects, the city will strive to realize a 40 MW-develop-scale of solar energy PV development by 2015.
