Gao Jifan: Distributed photovoltaics is the future development direction of solar energy

"Distributed photovoltaic power generation definitely represents the direction of future solar energy development, and the central government also attaches great importance to
it.
" However, due to a series of reasons such as dispersion, in fact, distributed photovoltaic power generation currently only accounts for about 10% of the entire photovoltaic power generation, and there is still a big gap
from the original target.
”

On June 27, Trina Solar Chairman Gao Jifan said in an interview with reporters that he originally hoped that the proportion of distributed photovoltaic power generation could reach 40%-50%, but it is currently only about 10%; The core reason is that most of the distributed generation is not invested by the owners themselves, and a good contractual relationship
cannot be formed between the power generation enterprises and the owners.

The so-called distributed photovoltaic usually refers to the installation of small photovoltaic power generation systems on the roofs and courtyards of family homes or industrial and commercial buildings, and operated
in the form of owner's spontaneous use and surplus electricity on the Internet.
In the European and American markets, where photovoltaic power generation started earlier, distributed photovoltaics are the main way
to use solar energy.
Nearly ninety percent of Germany's photovoltaic power generation comes from distributed photovoltaic systems, and the number of rooftop power stations in family homes exceeds 1 million; The installed capacity of new distributed photovoltaic power generation in the United States reached 2.
2 million kilowatts
last year.

Gao Jifan believes that the energy revolution can best represent the "power of transformation", and the development of low-carbon energy must establish a powerful intelligent and information system, so that power generation, transmission and distribution, and electricity consumption are combined to build a new intelligent energy Internet
.

In Gao Jifan's view, distributed generation represents the direction of the energy Internet, while distributed photovoltaic power generation is the direction of future solar energy development, which may change the entire energy ecology and energy structure
.
In the past two years, the Chinese government's intention to encourage distributed photovoltaic power generation is very obvious
.

In 2014, the National Energy Administration issued the "Opinions on Supporting Distributed Photovoltaic Power Generation Financial Services", pointing out that China's distributed photovoltaic power generation is in the early stage of development, and it is necessary to mobilize the enthusiasm of various investment entities and establish an appropriate investment and financing system
.

In June 2016, the National Energy Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Guiding Opinions on Improving the Scale Management of Photovoltaic Power Generation and Implementing Competitive Mode Allocation Projects", which classified the annual construction scale of China's photovoltaic power generation, including unlimited scale photovoltaic power generation including rooftop distributed photovoltaic power generation projects
.

"However, due to the characteristics of distributed generation and a series of reforms involving the entire terminal distribution network, in fact, the proportion of distributed generation in the development of distributed generation in the past year only accounted for about 10% of the entire photovoltaic power generation, and there was still a big gap
from the original target.
" Gao Jifan told Tencent Finance that the industry originally hoped that the proportion of distributed photovoltaic power generation could reach 40%-50%.

Gao Jifan pointed out that the core reason for the development of distributed photovoltaic power generation is not as expected as expected
.
Many enterprises in China are leasing offices, and if you want to invest in distributed photovoltaic power generation, you must obtain the consent of the owner, and the owner is not necessarily interested in this, which makes it difficult for power generation companies to get the roof, and it is difficult to form a good contractual relationship
with the owner.

"The general industrial park itself has a lifespan of only 20 years
.
Is it that after 5 or 10 years, the industrial park may no longer exist due to the adjustment of the industrial structure, or the property rights change, how can the power generation equipment and systems invested by the power generation enterprises be effectively compensated? Gao Jifan questioned
.

Because investment cannot be guaranteed, financial institutions are worried about loans for distributed generation roofs, and cannot provide long-term loans, low-interest loans, or even loans at normal interest rates, but high-interest loans
for a short period of time.
Gao Jifan said: "This has increased the cost of doing distributed generation rooftop investment enterprises to a certain extent, and greatly affected the development speed
of distributed photovoltaic power plants.
" ”

On the other hand, the backwardness of energy storage technology also restricts the development of
distributed photovoltaic power generation.
Energy storage technology is a very key part of the new energy network with distributed generation as the main body in the future, and is one of the
pillars in power generation, storage, transmission, distribution and consumption.

"But now energy storage is a relatively weak part of the entire industry, and the current technology is still in a relatively high cost and relatively small scale
.
" Gao Jifan called on the Chinese government to take the energy storage industry as an industry in the future new energy development strategy, and give some policy support to promote the improvement
of China's energy storage technology.