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America’s largest solar panel maker First Solar will build in the desert in Inner Mongolia Erdos 2GW-class large-scale solar power plants. China and the U.S. government began to actively promote environmental protection and energy cooperation.

Sino-US cooperation to promote clean energy

September 7, 2009, in Washington meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, the Chinese National People’s Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo arrived in Arizona, visited the United States the largest solar panel maker First Solar’s headquarters. The company is in Germany Q-Cells, Suntech Power of China compete for top share of the major players in the world.

First Solar CEO Maikeaiheng (Mike Ahearn) Chairman Wu Bangguo and his entourage in the reception, said, “If the United States together with China to support solar energy development, then, it will be the cost of solar power down to a competitive level with conventional electricity by in the global popularity of solar power, I believe will be able to mitigate climate change. ”

After taking office, Obama has developed a new global warming countermeasures. Changes in the global warming countermeasures office of the Government to “go its own way” attitude, in clean energy and other areas to take the initiative in the world set off a green New Deal whirlwind.

This policy and China’s policy direction is consistent. In 2005, China enacted the Renewable Energy Law. After the start for the rapid development of renewable energy sources continue to strengthen policy support. As a result, China’s hydropower, wind, solar and biomass energy and other industries saw rapid development. In 2008, wind power than doubled the previous year, solar power generation increased by 50% compared with the previous year. In addition, China is also actively promoting nuclear power plant construction. In this trend, the Chinese government plans in 2020 to make non-fossil energy sources in energy consumption as a proportion of about 9% from the current expanded to about 15%.

Sino-US dialogue in the past, based on agreed to hold the first “China-US strategic and economic dialogue”, and in July 2009 in Washington, DC held its first meeting. As a result, signed the “on the strengthening of climate change, energy and environment cooperation in a memorandum of understanding.” The two sides in the memo that he would cooperate in 10 areas, including of course the common development of renewable energy and clean energy.

Economic relations between China and the United States and similar to the previous Japan-US relations. China has a huge trade surplus with the United States, and has been drawing on foreign reserves holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds. The Chinese government to ease trade frictions with the United States so far has been repeatedly visited the United States sent trade and investment promotion missions, and each time through the bulk purchase of trade negotiations and the introduction of U.S. products and technologies, so that bilateral investment flow in the active-oriented.

In this broad trend, clean energy as an important area of Sino-US cooperation surfaced, and will achieve significant results in the future.

Wu Bangguo, visited the United States back onto topic. First Solar Wu Bangguo during his visit the day after the September 8, held in Arizona, attended the Sino-US trade cooperation forum. Wu Bangguo delivered a speech at the opening ceremony, stressed that Sino-US economic transformation to a low carbon and clean energy and other areas of cooperation will become the bilateral economic and trade relations between the new growth point. Later, in the case of Wu Bangguo attended the China-US companies to conclude a total of 12.4 billion dollar contracts. Of course, including Wu Bangguo, visited the day before First Solar projects.

Sino-US cooperation in clean energy relations are quickly established.

Solar power’s Golden Triangle

In the geographical conditions, the sunshine longer in areas more conducive to solar power. In China, the ownership of the favorable conditions for the zone, including Inner Mongolia, Tibet and Qinghai, three provinces and autonomous regions.

Mention the “Golden Triangle”, one would think of China’s southwestern border for drugs produced in the world famous Strip, Inner Mongolia, Tibet and Qinghai, three provinces and autonomous regions will be as a new Golden Triangle has attracted worldwide attention.

From the level of economic development point of view, in the inland provinces and autonomous regions of these three are far behind in the coastal Shanghai, Jiangsu and Guangdong and other places. However, laptop battery in the global warming issue has become the focus of world attention, the whole world is concerned about clean energy situation, suddenly began to seem concerned about these areas.

September 8, 2009, First Solar announced that it would in the “new Golden Triangle” corner of the Ordos desert of Inner Mongolia, the building of 2GW-class large-scale solar power plants, and with the Chinese Government to sign the relevant memorandum. Chinese media reported that the total investment amounted to four billion to six billion U.S. dollars. The total area of 64km2, bigger than New York in Manhattan. Ordos sunshine time is very long, an average of as much as 3000-3200 hours, the annual exposure was as high as 140 ~ 160kcal/m2.

After the announcement of the project, First Solar’s stock from September 8 to 134.64 U.S. dollars up to October 20 of the 156 U.S. dollars.

First Solar CEO Maikeaiheng said, “This project can be implemented as fully understands the Chinese government is actively implementing energy policy. Our company to reduce the cost of solar power with confidence. Will be manufactured in China and the recycling of solar cells panel, the establishment of the supply chain. ” China’s new golden triangle in the future is expected to become the world’s new golden triangle.

In addition, for the Ordos City, the investment is 40 to 60 billion in economic effects, of course great. Driven by the investment is expected to increase tax revenue and employment opportunities. Cao Zhi, vice mayor of Ordos City, Chen said, “the consensus reached with First Solar to the world indicate that this region is capable of absorbing the most cutting-edge technology investments.”

Clean Energy competition intensified in China,

Incidentally, Ordos City, Apple battery is currently developing comprehensive use of solar power, wind power and biomass energy and other new energy industry demonstration zone, Merchants First Solar is also in order to promote the construction of demonstration zones. First Solar is not the first to invest in U.S. enterprises in Erdos City. In April 2009 once the city and the Silicon Valley Solang Solar (Solar EnerTech) entered into under the total investment of 500 million U.S. dollars in solar power project contracts. Moreover, in addition to the United States outside the enterprise, in March 2009 the city signed with Taiwanese enterprises invest in the project contracts.

Of First Solar, the benefits of investment to China is not only through reliable means of entering the Chinese market, but also to achieve global balance of investment.

In the capital markets, solar power projects around the competition has become increasingly intensified. It is reported that from the clean energy technologies (specifically including hydropower, solar, biomass, wind energy, transportation, energy-efficient buildings, smart grid, wastewater treatment and agriculture and environment fields) in the ratio of investment point of view, the total investment in solar energy 4 Cheng. Associated with the China Venture Capital Venture Capital Association survey shows that in 2009 had 79.5% to the environment and new sources of energy investments.

With the development of solar polysilicon production is also expanding. The second quarter of 2009, there have been two days there is a grand production line of horses.

But there are also problems, and this is how to reduce cost of electricity. Sustainable Development Research Center of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, director of Pan Hua said, “there is no revolutionary technological breakthrough, then five years down the cost of solar thermal power level is merely a fantasy.” For the adoption of technological breakthroughs to reduce costs, First Solar will pin their hopes on the adoption of new materials such as cadmium telluride solar battery.

Of course, solar power still can not compete with conventional energy sources, we must give policy support. Sino-US joint consideration of both policy support. In the future, U.S. companies investing in China from the Chinese government will obtain the appropriate support.

In the promising field of solar power in order to Suntech, led by growing strength of Chinese enterprises in the context, still will be a huge project was entrusted to the U.S. business, which is in accordance with the revitalization of China’s past strategy of industry practices is hard to imagine things. The underlying strategic intentions is beyond doubt have a huge trade surplus, the introduction of cutting-edge technology such as the scope of trade policy.

It is worth noting here is that the clean energy industries to be promoted as a new Obama administration and vigorously promote the environment and new energy policy of the Chinese government in the strategic direction is consistent. Around the issue of global warming the international situation is further accelerated the process of cooperation between the two countries.