Yesterday, the reporter from the Asia Society 18th annual meeting was informed that enterprises, Suntech Power chairman and chief executive officer Shi zhengrong predicted that international oil prices this year may reach 150 U.S. dollars / barrel.
Shi zhengrong for China's solar energy industry giants. He said that with the rapid economic growth in the world, global energy consumption and energy depletion is becoming two main themes. Among them, the developed countries on behalf of the U.S. population accounts for 5% of the world, but in the energy, 25 percent of the global depletion of energy.
In addition, developing countries, including China and India, economic development very quickly in the next 20-25 years, believe that energy consumption in developed countries will be similar. Based on this rate of consumption, Shi zhengrong judgement, in the international oil price has reached 130 U.S. dollars / barrel circumstances, this year is likely to break through 150 U.S. dollars / barrel, thus to our traditional energy resources, especially oil consumption has sounded the alarm.
Source: 太阳能商情网 May. 31, 2008
Shi Zhengrong Said Oil Prices Could Reach 150 U.S. Dollars / Barrel
Japan's ITOCHU Corporation Plans To Invest 110 Billion Yen The Development Of Solar Energy
Japan's ITOCHU Corporation plans to invest 110 billion yen (1.05 billion U.S. dollars) investment in solar energy industry in Europe. ITOCHU Corporation and Norway will cooperate in the scheme Scatec AS in the Czech Republic this year 10 billion yen investment in the construction of solar energy park. The plan will begin next month. The company also plans in 2010 in Bulgaria investment 100 billion yen to build a power generation capacity of 100 MW solar park, which is expected to become the world's largest solar energy one of the park.
Source: 国际能源网 May. 29, 2008
Apple's New Patent Analysis - iphone Will Use Solar Cells
Apple solar cell patent plans
Recently, Apple's patent for a new solar cell that its ongoing application development, If everything goes smoothly, the future of Apple's iPhone mobile phones and players, notebooks and other products will be efficient use of solar energy to power the green.
The patent called "solar cells on portable devices", the programme is to design integrated solar panels in the LCD panel. From the patent map, we can call it the popular "sandwich programme", solar battery panels and components in the circuit boards between. This design is very sophisticated, on the one hand can be very good to maintain the original linear design of the phone, the phone does not damage the appearance of the other can use the screen and a larger opening for a better battery panels receive sunlight.
Source: IT168 May. 28, 2008
Solar Is Expected To Replace Oil
View of the current international oil prices jumped, the Nikkei BP's article published recently that the future of solar energy is expected to replace oil. The report pointed out that with the 1973 oil crisis a temporary different, it has yet to be found to resolve the rising price of fossil fuels means. To solve the problem completely, probably can only rely on increased solar power, wind power, nuclear power and other alternative energy sources.
Reported that, recently, solar power generating capacity in the cost and efficiency in three areas of development far exceeded most people's imagination. First, power generation, the 2007 production of solar cell modules in accordance with the module may be the largest conversion capacity, about 3.7 GW. Four years later in 2012, is expected to reach 15 GW / year. In accordance with the average, one of the largest nuclear power plant generating capacity is only 1 GW.
The cost of solar power may also be in the near future to be resolved. Solar cells have over the past 30 years of rule of thumb is that "cumulative production doubled, reduce the cost of generating 20%." In 2006 the global total solar cell output of about 5.7 GW, power generation cost about 46 yen / kWh, taking into account the current trend of production of solar cells, if this experience is correct, then to 2011, power generation costs will now Family tariff level. This NEDO "facing the 2030 blueprint for the development of solar energy (PV 2030)" set out in the 2010 annual cost of solar power generation targets - 23 yen / kWh basically the same.
Source: 广州日报 May. 26, 2008
