Comments on: Chinese Plan To Boost Solar Capacity Boosts Solar Stocks

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:08:00 +0000

In the US we tend to break things down as “utility or utility scale”, “commercial” – large commercial rooftop, and “residential”.

It helps with tracking installation costs.

And there is a difference between utility and commercial/residential to the utility/grid company.

Commercial/residential largely shows up in their calculations as load decreases, sales they don’t get to make (or sometimes a welcome drop in peak demand). Utility solar show up as supply, stuff they can sell.

By: Wayne Williamson

Wayne Williamson — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:30:00 +0000

35 million kw would be 35 billion watts or 35GW…they are the same number.
35GW = 35,000,000,000 watts.
35 Million Kw = 35,000,000 times 1 kw which is 1000 watts.

By: Yvette

Yvette — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:13:00 +0000

“This trend will only continue, especially in light of news posted on the government’s website, which states that China is aiming to add 10 GW of solar power a year over the next three years. This would boost China’s solar capacity fivefold, up to at least 35 GW by 2015.”

Most articles that I’ve read show its 35 GW. Which one is correct? 35 GW or 35 million KW?

By: JamesWimberley

JamesWimberley — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:54:00 +0000

"The term "utility scale PV " I read only in Anglican texts." You must have a different edition of the Book of Common Prayer than I do.

By: joehall

joehall — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:55:00 +0000

My renewable energy portfolio is blowing up!!! Let’s make the world solar powered!!!!

By: heinbloed

heinbloed — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:51:00 +0000

That is correct.

100 large scale demonstration projects are planned until 2015 and 1000 city and village projects.Plus private and institutional installations. But no detailed numbers for these are given in the plan.

All grid connected power will be distributed by utilities.

The term ” utility scale PV ” I read only in Anglican texts. This term seems to be unknown in other languages.

Since all grid connected electricity is utility electricity.

For dependency or indepedency on fossile/atomic fuels it is non-relevant how small or large the individually connected RE installations are .

Only for pricing the installation costs ( money per installed capacity unit) the term “utility scale” might make sense.

But would be to indifferent to mean anything compareable.

By: JamesWimberley

JamesWimberley — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:13:00 +0000

It' s not "up to 35 GW by 2015". If we can trust Google translate. it's "35 million kilowatts or more." (My italics). This is called flooring the pedal. The government document puts distributed PV first, ahead of utility. This can't possibly be a mistranslation or accidental.