Yingli Solar

Since Chinese solar panel makers Suntech and LDK Solar filed for bankruptcy protection in 2013 and 2014, respectively, the solar panel business has gotten more stable. Manufacturing overcapacity has dropped, but Chinese makers that expanded rapidly until about 2011 continue to be plagued with too much capacity and too little demand.

The next casualty appears to be Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. (NYSE: YGE), which said Wednesday that it had received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange that the company is not in compliance with its rule for continued listing because the stock’s share price has fallen below $1.00 per ADS for a period of 30 consecutive days.

Yingli has six months from the date of the August 13 notice to regain compliance. The company said it expects to notify the NYSE that it intends to cure its price deficiency within the prescribed periode

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MITI) said on Wednesday that it expects the country’s solar makers to accelerate consolidation as market conditions continue to shift. MITI also said it expects “steady growth” in the country’s solar industry in the second half of the year, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The central planners of MITI may expect more consolidation, but under the country’s local control rules, it is difficult for the solar makers to take the necessary steps, given a local government’s drive to make itself look good by keeping employment numbers up. Closing a solar manufacturing plant does not make the powers-that-be look good.

Yingli’s ADSs traded down more than 9% Friday morning, at around $0.83 in a 52-week range of $0.72 to $4.03. The company’s market cap is about $150 million at that price. The ADSs hit an all-time high of $41.50 in December of 2007 and dropped to around $13.50 in February 2011, before skidding to the recent sub-$1.00 price range.

Energy Balancing system with multiple DC voltage hardware requirement & Small Inverter.

One Key sucses off system is balancing. Many system. Off grid sucsesfully implemented by good balancing. Software make easier to make balancing. Sample use PV syst. Detail user need, solar radiation, inclination, Location coordinat and loses system. Average cost off grid system 7-10USD per watt. It's difficult to decrease. The most high cost is battrey or energy storage and inverter.

 We can cost down DC off grid system by using DC load direct by using DC harware.
1.LED Lamp DC 12 Volt.
2.DC TV. 12Volt.
3.DC Air Conditioner.
4.DC Computer system. CPU&LED.19 Volt = using converter 12-19Volt.
5.DC phone charger.
6.Using Smaller Inverter off grid only for load with no DC system.

The step can significant decrease cost of system off grid photovoltaic system.
For cheaper mounting system using roof top. For energy storage using Lithium battrey is better in life time (Charge-discharge more than 1000cycle) and higer temperature up to 45 degree celcius.
Using software only for PV and battrey calculation. For electrical system can develop manually. Because limit of software.

Indonesia-Launching-5000MW-Renewable-Energy-until-2025

Jakarta, Pada 11-12 Februari 2016, berkolaborasi dengan dunia internasional, Pemerintah Indonesia berencana meluncurkan program 5000 megawatt (MW) energi surya bernilai investasi US$7 miliar, saat Bali Clean Energy Forum (BCEF).

Bersamaan dengan itu, akan dilakukan pula, peluncuran Centre of Excellence Energi Bersih, virtual lounge.

BCEF ditargetkan mampu menjadi titik awal Indonesia untuk mulai melibatkan dunia internasional dalam upaya pengembangan energi bersih.

“Pemerintah Indonesia, dalam hal ini Menteri ESDM, telah mengirimkam undangan kepada 81 Menteri Energi untuk menghadiri acara tersebut,” ujar Ketua Tim Percepatan Energi Baru dan Terbarukan (EBT), William P. Sabandar, di Kantor Direktorat Jenderal Ketenagalistrikan Kementerian ESDM, Selasa (22/12/2015), dirilis Kementerian ESDM.

Ia menjelaskan, BCEF mengundang para pemimpin negara, pemimpin bisnis, dan ahli, untuk bersama-sama berdiskusi, merumuskan apa yang harus dilakukan agargap teknologi di bidang energi bersih dapat dihilangkan.

Selain itu, sambungnya, BCEF dapat mewujudkan pusat data informasi energi bersih, proyek-proyek yang dipantau dan difasilitasi, serta menjadi tempat kolaborasi pembelajaran seputar pengembangan energi bersih di masa depan.

“Kolaborasi transfer energi yang cepat kita lakukan, karena untuk mendapatkan target energi nasional 23 persen untuk mencapai target COP 21 atau komitmen energi bersih kita, dibutuhkan revolusi teknologi dan inovasi. Jika tidak maka tidak dapat mencapai itu,” terang William.

Sementara itu, Menteri Energi dan Sumberdaya Mineral (ESDM), Sudirman Said, mengatakan, BCEF diharapkan semakin mendorong Indonesia untuk melakukan reformasi di bidang finansial energi, teknologi, dan sumberdaya manusia.

“Pekerjaan rumah terbesar kita adalah me-reform aturan, seperti aturan tarif,” pungkasnya.

Ekonomi Maritim Berdaya Dukung Energi Bersih

Energi bersih menjadi daya dukung penting perekonomian maritim. Kementerian ESDM tengah mengembangkan model pembangunan infrastruktur energi dan listrik untuk kluster ekonomi maritim.

“Kementerian ESDM mengembangkan model pembangunan infrastruktur energi dan listrik untuk kluster ekonomi maritim yang sementara ini telah dibangun proyek percontohan di beberapa wilayah barat, tengah, dan timur Indonesia. Salah satunya adalah Aceh Jaya,” ungkap Kepala Badan Litbang Kementerian ESDM, FX Sutijastoto, saat Perayaan Hari Nusantara, di Pendopo Gubernur Provinsi Aceh, Banda Aceh, Minggu (6/12/2015).

Menurutnya, proyek percontohan diharapkan dapat dikembangkan di wilayah-wilayah lain, terutama di wilayah pesisir serta pulau-pulau kecil dan pulau-pulau terdepan.

Ia mengatakan, Kementerian ESDM mendukung pembangunan techno park di Provinsi Aceh yang akan menjadi contoh pengembangan ekonomi maritim berdaya dukung energi bersih.

“Selain itu, kita juga akan mendukung pembangunan techno park di wilayah Aceh yang merupakan kerja sama dengan Kemenko Maritim dan Kemenristek. Insyaallah, nanti, 2016, techno park ini bisa terbangun dan menjadi percontohan, bagaimana ekonomi maritim didukung oleh energi bersih, yaitu tenaga surya dan tenaga angin,” papar Sutijastoto.

Sebagai bagian dari peringatan Hari Nusantara ke-15, tambahnya, pemerintah telah membangun jaringan listrik di kawasan Pelabuhan Lampulo, termasuk penerangan lampu surya.

“Insyaallah, akan ada pembangungan PLTS (Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Surya) untuk Lampulo,” pungkasnya.

Bali-CEF-2016

The Jakarta Post – BALI TO HOST CLEAN ENERGY FORUM Bali will host the first international forum on clean energy on Feb. 11 to 12. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry secretary general Teguh Pamuji said on Saturday that the forum will bring together 45 energy ministers and some 1,000 representatives from 80 countries. Bali was selected as the host location for the forum based on the fact that Bali is a province that has successfully developed clean energy, he said. “Hopefully, Bali’s spirit to develop new and renewable clean energy can be disseminated to other provinces,” he said. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will open the meeting, Teguh said, adding that it will be titled Bali Clean Energy Forum. The forum will comprise of five pillars. The first pillar will serve as a forum for ministers to discuss a policy on new energy. The second pillar will serve as a forum for world experts, expected to provide input to participating governments, to discuss clean and environmentally friendly energy development. The third pillar will serve as a forum for representatives from the energy sectors and the fourth pillar will serve as a forum for the community and is expected to improve the public’s knowledge of clean energy, he said. Meanwhile, the fifth pillar will serve as a forum for youth, whom forum organizers hope will contribute to discussions.

LCOE

WHAT IS LCOE?

LCOE (levelized cost of energy) is one of the utility industry’s primary metrics for the cost of electricity produced by a generator. It is calculated by accounting for all of a system’s expected lifetime costs (including construction, financing, fuel, maintenance, taxes, insurance and incentives), which are then divided by the system’s lifetime expected power output (kWh). All cost and benefit estimates are adjusted for inflation and discounted to account for the time-value of money. As a financial tool, LCOE is very valuable for the comparison of various generation options. A relatively low LCOE means that electricity is being produced at a low cost, with higher likely returns for the investor. If the cost for a renewable technology is as low as current traditional costs, it is said to have reached “Grid Parity“. LCOE Estimates for Renewable Energy When an electric utility plans for a conventional plant, it must consider the effects of inflation on future plant maintenance, and it must estimate the price of fuel for the plant decades into the future. As those costs rise, they are passed on to the ratepayer. A renewable energy plant is initially more expensive to build, but has very low maintenance costs, and no fuel cost, over its 20-30 year life. As the following 2012 U.S. Govt. forecast illustrates, LCOE estimates for conventional sources of power depend on veryuncertain fuel cost estimates. These uncertainties must be factored into LCOE comparisons between different technologies.LCOE estimates may or may not include the environmental costs associated with energy production. Governments around the world have begun to quantify these costs by developing various financial instruments that are granted to those who generate or purchase renewable energy. In the United States, these instruments are called Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). To learn more about environmental costs, visit our Greenhouse Gas page. LCOE estimates do not normally include less tangible risks that may have very large effects on a power plant’s actual cost to ratepayers. Imagine, for example, the LCOE estimates used for nuclear power plants in Japan before the Fukushima incident, compared to the eventual costs for those plants. Location An important determination of photovoltaic LCOE is the system’s location. The LCOE of a system built in Southern Utah, for example, is likely to be lower than that of an identical system built in Northern Utah. Although the cost of building the two systems may be similar, the system with the most access to the sun will perform better, and deliver the most value to its owner. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory map below illustrates the differences in solar resources across the country. As you can see, Utah’s available solar energy is quite high, compared to most of the country.System technology and design also affect LCOE. Two apparently similar systems in the same location may produce very different financial results. Some panels, for example, perform better in low-light or high heat conditions than other systems, and some systems are built to deliver a higher percentage of the electricity produced to the user. Over the life of a system, these differences can be significant. Component prices for photovoltaic systems have fallen drastically over the last two years. With currently-available tax incentives, a well-priced, well-designed system can easily provide a very satisfactory return on one’s investment. The same rule applies to wind’s levelized cost. Wind turbines located on one side of a valley may be far more economical than turbines located on the other side of the same valley. An understanding of prevailing wind patterns is critical is a critical component of the planning process. The LCOE for wind power has fallen below the cost of traditional alternatives in many locations. Watch the short“Winds of Change” clip on our Videos page. If you would like to try out a simple LCOE calculator provided by the National Renewable Energy Labs, use this link: LCOE Calculator. The calculator is easy to use, and can help you understand how changes in assumptions affect LCOE results.

Future Off Grid In Indonesia

Indonesia is a large archipelago located at the south-east of mainland Asia, between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The country’s territory encompasses over 17,500 large and small islands with total land area about 1.91 million square kilometres. It is home for 250 million people and is the world fourth largest populous nation.

More than 62 million people or almost one third of Indonesia inhabitants are lack of access to electricity. These people mostly live in rural areas and the outer islands. Most power generation today is from convention thermal sources including fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas. Indonesia’s current installed power capacity is at 52GW and the government has an ambitious plan to increase another 35GW in another five years. Demand is expected to grow at an average of 8.4% p.a. due to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation.

Today, renewable energy accounts for a small but growing portion of Indonesia’s electricity portfolio. The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has announced a medium term target for increasing the share of renewable energy in total energy mix to 25% by 2025. This means that massive new investment in power generation capacity is being developed using renewable energy. Indonesia is also planning to significantly increase investments in the energy sector including $38billion in the renewable energy sector.

The hosting of the Renewable Energy for Indonesia 2015 (RE4I 2015) is set to provide a platform for potential investors to understand the key development issues of investing in Indonesia’s renewable energy sector; get updated on the new market directions, opportunities and economic priorities of the Indonesia’s renewable energy sectors at the same to build potential business networks with the local authorities and industry players.

Economy Grow as Emition Drop

For the last 40 years, whenever the world economy grew, so did the Earth’s carbon dioxide levels, just up until last year. The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2014, the economy grew however CO2 levels didn’t.

In the past, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions was due to economic downturns. This because economic growth is tightly linked to energy use, which in turn affects emissions. In other words, if the economy went sour, so did the climate.

Last year, global carbon dioxide emissions reached 32.3 billion tons, an amount equal to 2013’s levels. During the 40 years the IEA has been collecting data, there have only been three other periods in history when atmospheric CO2 levels has not risen; the early 1980s, 1992, and 2009. However, these years were also associated with global economic instability, and in 2014, the global economy grew by 3 percent, according to the IEA.

“This gives me even more hope that humankind will be able to work together to combat climate change, the most important threat facing us today,” IEA chief economist Fatih Birol said in a statement.

Countries by carbon dioxide emissions in thousands of tonnes per annum, via the burning of fossil fuels (blue the highest).

The shift is largely due to China’s increased use of green resources and efforts by countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to promote sustainable forms of energy, according to the IEA. Per-person energy use in the US is also expected to decline as the gross domestic product increases.

This doesn’t mean the fight is over. Carbon dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere reached record highs in 2013, and greenhouse gas continues to affect climate change. However, as Birol notes, the data provides a “much-needed momentum for negotiators preparing to forge a global climate deal” at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December.

More details on the data and analysis will be included in an IEA special report on energy and climate that will be released on 15 June in London. The report will provide decision-makers with analysis of the different national climate pledges in the context of the recent downturn in fossil fuel prices, suggest pragmatic policy measures to advance climate goals without blunting economic growth, and assess adaptation needs, including in the energy sectors of China and India.

“The latest data on emissions are indeed encouraging, but this is no time for complacency – and certainly not the time to use this positive news as an excuse to stall further action,” said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven.