It is well known that China government had approved 20 demonstration CSP projects with FiT at RMB 1.15/kWh, and the total capacity 1.349 GW, which made China another engine for global CSP development. According to the 13th Five Year Planning of RE Development, another 3.65GW CSP capacity will be deployed by 2020.
Overall progress of demonstration projects
According to the preliminary research organized by China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, together with Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute and China National Solar Thermal Energy Alliance, three projects have entered the substantial construction stage, and are expected to be put into operation by the end of 2018; the progress of remaining projects remains to be accelerated.
The CGN Delingha 50MW trough power plant commenced its construction on August 1, 2014. The bidding work has been completed and 57% of investment has been made;
The SUPCON solar power Delingha 50MW tower power station commenced its construction in October 2016, and 60% of the bidding has been completed, and 12% of investment has been made;
Shouhang energy-saving Dunhuang 100MW tower power station commenced its construction on November 19, 2016, and the bidding for steam turbines and generator has been completed; contracts for main transformers and standby transformers have been awarded, and 30% of investment has been made.
Below is the list of those in the 20 pilot CSP demo projects that had started the real construction and made some progress this year.
(Credit of image: CSP Focus)
The local value chain for China CSP industry has also been getting mature through the fast development of the past decade. The local companies are able to produce almost all the key equipments and materials including receivers, molten salt, heliostats, concentrators, mechanical & hydraulic drives, control equipment for DCS, and glass reflecting mirrors.
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