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Solar Energy Association of Japan recently released data show that 1 in March 2010, the Japanese solar total global shipments 525.787MW, compared with growth of 115.2 percent over the same period in 2009. Japan’s exports of solar cells during the period amounted to 313.352MW, annual growth rate of 83.2%, with three quarter growth, the proportion of total shipments reached 59.6%.

Boost export growth over the two major causes of Bacheng

Investment adviser in the energy industry’s chief researcher Jiang Qian pointed out that from the total point of view, a quarter of Japan’s solar cell more than 80% increase in export volume, which first of all with the current global PV market boom of the high overall. In fact, starting from the second half of 2009, with the gradual warming of the global economy, coupled with strong national government policies to promote solar energy starting to prove the pulling effect, photovoltaic industry has been showing a strong recovery trend. Into 2010 this has still not abated, thus driving the surge in demand.

China’s major PV manufacturers in the first quarter of good performance, is enough to prove the current global PV market, the high degree of prosperity. JA Solar total shipments of 272 megawatts first quarter of 2010, compared with the fourth quarter of 2009, an increase of 231 MW of 17.7%. Income of 1.9 billion Yuan more than in 2009 1.6 billion in the fourth quarter increased 17.1%. Gross margin reached 22.9%, while the 2009 fourth quarter gross margin is only 20.5%.

The LDK LDK2010 the first quarter while net sales reached 347.6 million U.S. dollars, higher than the previous quarter’s 304.6 million U.S. dollars and in 2009 over the same period of 283.3 million U.S. dollars; gross profit of 54.5 million U.S. dollars in the previous quarter to 30.2 million U.S. dollars . Gross margin was 15.7%, while the first quarter of 2009, gross margin is only 1.7%. The first quarter of 2009 compared to an operating loss of 3.5 million U.S. dollars, the company operating income for the quarter reached 33 million U.S. dollars.

Second, exports grew rapidly in Japan since 2009, also with the strong recovery of PV manufacturers. Sharp as an example by leading enterprises, the investment adviser released “2010-2015 China solar cell industry and prospects of investment analysis report” shows that in 2009 Japan’s Sharp has solar cell production to 792MW, an increase over the previous financial year nearly 90%, the volume also after the U.S. First Solar and Suntech China, was third. In addition, Kyocera 2009, shipments also reached 400MW, ranked seventh in the world.

In addition, many companies are in recent series of expansion moves, and shows that the recovery trend of the Japanese PV manufacturers. Kyocera Solar recently said in Yasu City built a new factory completed solar cells, the Kyocera solar cell expansion plans the annual production capacity of 2010 respectively by the year 2009 increased to 400MW 600MW; 2011 increased to 800MW annual renewal ; 2012 up to 1GW. In addition, Mitsubishi Electric (Mitsubishi Electric) program in 2011 will increase annual capacity to 600,000 kilowatts (KWp); Konica Minolta (Konica Minolta) said it will cooperate with the U.S. industry to enter the solar cell market. Toshiba (Toshiba) is proposed to sell in Japan, home solar power system.

Europe remains the focus of the rapid growth in the U.S. market

The sub-region, in the first quarter of Japan to the U.S. solar cell shipments 68.312MW, annual growth rate of 95.2%; of European shipments up 236.57MW, annual growth rate of 91%; other parts shipments 14.383MW , the annual reduction rate of 5.6%.

Jiang Qian pointed out that from the above data, Japan, Europe remains the main exporter of PV products, which of course is still in Europe, and the focus of the global PV market is closely related to the terminal. Solar market research consulting company Solar buzz data show that in 2009 the global solar PV installed capacity of 6.43GW, European countries, the installation of 4.75GW, the proportion of total global demand for nearly 74%.

Although in 2009 the Spanish PV market declined significantly, but Italy, the Czech Republic, France, the rapid rise of emerging markets in time to fill this gap. 2009, Italy in the use of renewable energy has made considerable progress, renewable energy generating capacity of 66 billion kwh, compared with 58 trillion kwh in 2008 increased by about 13%. All renewable energy, solar power generation is largest increase, from 19.3 billion kWh in 2008 to more than 1,000 billion kilowatt hours in 2009, an increase of nearly 5-fold.

The Czech Energy Authority’s report showed compared with 2008, the Czech Republic first half of 2009 the number of solar power plants has increased by two thirds, to 2,046. National total installed generating capacity of solar power plants increased by nearly 50% to 80.21 MW. In early 2008, the country was only 249 solar power plant, installed generating capacity of 3.4 megawatts.

In addition to continue to dominate the European market in addition, it is noteworthy that although a quarter of Japan’s solar cell shipments in the United States only for the 68.312MW, but the growth rate is over 95%, which also shows the Japanese PV huge potential for U.S. companies in emerging markets that the degree of attention.

Investment Advisor in the release of “2010-2015 China solar cell industry and prospects of investment analysis report” shows that in 2008 the global solar market, ranking the United States has 342 megawatts of capacity to rank third in the world, only behind Germany and Spain, two traditional photovoltaic powers. While the financial crisis in 2009, under the influence of the larger, but thanks to the Obama administration to support a number of new policies introduced energy industry, the growth rate of the U.S. solar market has more than 30% to about 440 MW.

Kyocera Solar has previously disclosed, for the realization of the global production goal of one billion watts of energy, the California-based solar module facility will be first half of 2010, initially targeting annual goal of 30MW modules, which can be seen as Japanese PV manufacturers with greater strength the U.S. market, a large signal.

American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society) has introduced a new type of “bio-fuel cells.” The battery using the active cell will be the material of food into energy – mitochondria. The researchers said that the future of such batteries cans energy drinks and even vegetable oil as fuel, powering small electronic devices.

Fuel cell typically includes the battery can be used in the form of decomposition, and recombinant proteins, the process of release of electrons, to form the current post-capture. BBC News said that while talking about the future application of the battery is too early, but the activity of cell groups in the embedded electronic device technology development process, this breakthrough milestone.

University of Missouri St. Louis Shelley Minteer, said the new “bio-fuel cell” can replace some of the disposable battery the next. Minteer mainly draw of energy production from the nature of technology. So far, Minteer and colleagues focused on the use of enzymes. Enzyme is good decomposition of methanol or glucose “fuel” elements. The new battery cells using small component of active mitochondria, enzyme function of the overall effect will be a series of “fuel” molecules into cells can form.

Minteer said: “The total consumption of fuel elements of a series of enzymes needed. Some simple fuel molecules will require three enzymes, glucose and other complex molecules of fuel needs of 22 enzymes, and enzymes to make them work together. Mitochondria can lead fuel elements in turn by each enzyme. Than we put in the electrodes near the enzyme solution, the metabolic efficiency of mitochondria is much higher. ”

The new battery model unit is currently only available from a single type of simple molecules of fuel, but the next goal is to let people deal with the complex bio-fuels. Minteer explained: “mitochondria can damage a variety of fuel elements. This means that the device can handle high-protein drinks, energy drinks or fuel mixture.”

The new bio-fuel cells are still at an experimental stage, researchers are trying to change the material of the device used to produce more energy. The University of New Mexico director of emerging energy technologies, Plamen Atanassov, said bio-fuel cells may not be the focus of most people. This study is the introduction of technical devices to cellular components, in particular but also for energy, which is ground-breaking achievements of biotechnology. But Plamen Atanassov admitted: “would have immediate practical application remains to be seen.”

Plamen Atanassov said that technology was developing rapidly, but the breakthrough was not achieved overnight. He pointed out that the standard model from the first fuel cell to the first application in space missions, the middle after 50 years. The main contribution of this work is put up in the biotechnology and nanotechnology Collaboration Bridge is expected to promote a new field of bio-fuel cells appear.

Long time ago, fuel cells are widely regarded as the power supply in the future to solve the problem of prescription handheld devices, but the volume has been suffering from quality problems can not promote. Panasonic recently announced that it has successfully developed a volume of only 270 cm3, basic and general notebook lithium batteries the same size fuel cell products. The performance of fuel cell-powered basic and Matsushita in 2006 samples show the same average power of 10W, maximum power 20W. But small is the new maximum advantage of the basic volume is half of previous generations, the current volume has been completely designed for commercial notebooks. Fuel cell weighs about 320g, in the loading 200cm3 of methanol fuel to drive notebook up to 20 hours.

In addition, Panasonic also announced a fuel cell digital charger also provides two USB interfaces can be charged for a variety of handheld devices, laptop power supply specifications and similar models. Direct methanol fuel cell is methanol-water solution as fuel directly supplied to the fuel cell power generation part. The advantages of this fuel cell power generation system are simple, low-risk fuel components, and the price is cheap.

America has made a new flexible solar cells, U.S. scientists have found an effective way to make silicon solar cells with sufficient flexibility, which can be wrapped so the thickness of the objects in a pencil on top of or attached to the building objects or even car windows glass surface. October 5 issue of the “natural materials” magazine reported the results, saying the technology can be easily broken before the transfer to the flexible material on top of silicon, silicon chip technology to traditional offers new possibilities.

Responsible for the study of John Rogers University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, said the technology will promote the building of new solar energy opens the door, “we can make it thin enough, then ‘transfer’ in a plastic chip, which be made to curl the system, so similar to the film thickness of the film can be affixed to the building’s glass surface.”It is understood that due to global warming and the impact of high oil prices, relying on solar photovoltaic conversion known as one of the most promising green energy. Including Japanese consumer electronics maker Sharp and Q-Cells of Germany, including many companies are making thin film solar cell research and development related areas. But compared to traditional solar cells, thin film photovoltaic solar cell conversion efficiency lower the industry has been troubled by problems.

Rogers said the technology is a high photoelectric conversion efficiency of silicon as a raw material. In order to overcome the fragile silicon wafer defects very brittle, they used a special etching method of silicon crystals from the larger cut than the traditional silicon thin under 10 times to 100 times the ultra-thin silicon. Different levels according to their thickness can be applied to different areas. When the wafers are cut after cut off, a device will be picked up, and then sealed by the general as “transfer” to a new material over the surface. Finally, these are regarded as the electrical system of solar cells combined together into a whole. Compared with traditional solar panels, highly flexible solar cells that will be easier to transport and install. The Rogers plan is that new materials will be the same as the blanket was thrown on the train.

Global solar cell market is expected to break through 100 billion U.S. dollars in 2013. According to the research Lux Research’s latest report, by 2013, global solar cell market will be from this year to 334 billion dollars to 100.4 billion U.S. dollars (including solar modules, system components and installation of components balance), by 2013 the global solar market is expected to grow 48% per year, annual production capacity from 4.9 GW in 2008 to 23 GW. It is estimated that over-supply situation will occur in 2009, forcing products reduce costs, lower prices, price erosion will lead to industry consolidation, and smaller businesses will be merged or closed down. To survive the solar cell manufacturers will face margin caused by the excessive supply pressure. Lux also pointed out that, with low-cost thin film battery technology industry, the capacity will decline in value against the product better than other peers.

Europe, Spain, limit the impact of subsidies by the government, growth rate will be slower than expected; France, Italy and Greece likewise. And now — the world’s largest solar market in Germany, due to active investment in recent years, alternative energy, and infrastructure is saturated. Lux Research estimates that the solar market to 2013 the average annual growth rate will be limited to 16%.

Enbridge and Fuel Cell Energy, the U.S. chose Satcon Technology Corporation’s 1.2-megawatt fuel cell inverter for direct energy recovery fuel cell power plant (direct fuel cell-energy recovery generation power plant, DFC-ERG). October 23, 2008, the United States Satcon Technology Corporation announced that its joint Fuel Cell Energy and Enbridge Inc. produced using natural gas pipeline to fuel the megawatt-class hybrid energy systems. Satcon Technology Corporation is located in Boston, is a leading market for renewable energy distributed power solutions.

The new product is named as a direct fuel cell power generation system, energy recovery, the product to recover the normal operation of gas pipeline leakage of gas as fuel, to Fuel Cell Energy’s 1.2 megawatt Direct Fuel Cell with a MW of unburned gas expansion turbine (unfired gas expansion turbine) combined. Satcon’s 1.2 megawatt fuel cell power conditioning system will connect with the grid. The hybrid system can generate 2.2 megawatts of ultra-clean electricity. The system is also Ontario’s first commercial megawatt-class fuel cell.

The new solar cell factory at daylight on the 25th commencement ceremony of the Tainan plant, the plant plans an annual capacity of 3.4 billion watts (3.4GWp), will become the world’s largest single solar battery factory, the chairman Linkup Xi said, adding after the plant will allow the new solar rapid rise to world’s top three largest solar cell manufacturer.

The new solar plant 25 to start the ceremony held in Tainan, the new solar plant for the first three plants, is also a business center in southern Taiwan, with an annual capacity scale up 3.4GWp, won the throne of the world’s largest single solar cell factory. Linkup Xi pointed out that solar power and conventional power generation costs rather (Grid-Parity) target in 2010 can be only one step away, to meet the 2010 demand growth, the new daylight in the next 3 to 4 years progressive completion of the new production unit, then total production capacity will reach 4.2GWp, or at least the world’s largest solar cell factory in top 3.

Linkup Xi pointed out that the continuing shortage of solar silicon wafer show and solar cells, repeated increases in the market offer, the current has reached the high point, then the probability has not risen up, but demand remains robust in the second half, although difficult to offer up, difficult under the cut. As for the recent lack of polysilicon material sources, pricing in the bank, he said, the price of polysilicon material really is a vital source, unlike the first half of slight decline, but has not gained sufficient momentum, the current new solar polycrystalline silicon material source to buy stock average price per kg is about 50 ~ 55 U.S. dollars.

The new solar contracts about the total material in the source material needs 25 ~ 30%, as Though lacking sources other material contract, but a good long-term relationship, not price fluctuations, stock market, there is no shortage of material phenomena. Half of 2010 new solar earnings per share more than NT 6 Yuan, has been hailed as the dark horse of the position to quickly dashed forward, the business performance of a striking new production due out in succession, with a substantial offer to maintain stable grasp , expected earnings is more than the first half of the second half of 2010.

The face of solar cell factory in Taiwan in 2010 a comprehensive expansion of production capacity, whether there will be an over-supply crisis, Lin Kunxi that there is no surplus of any industry there will be no crisis, but the right business person, the most of the concern is the competitiveness of the environmental challenges, new daylight is full of absolute self-confidence, and for generous investment in new entrants, due to the relatively high threshold inputs, must face the cost of competitive pressures, rapid accumulation of mass production learning curve, there must be a better technical basis to highlight the advantages.

New energy speeds up the pace of international development. With the rapid development of the global economy, the scarcity of conventional fossil fuels and exploitation of gradual increase in difficulty, making most of the world energy supply, high-speed operation is difficult to support the needs of the economy. Accompanied by coal, oil and other fossil energy use, large amounts of greenhouse gases for global climate caused serious problems. Development of renewable energy addresses the shortage of resources and the environment to provide the double impact of new possibilities.

Solar energy, wind energy development was strong; the world’s major countries are jointly controlled nuclear fusion research, development and utilization of hydrogen also accelerating the pace. Not difficult to see large-scale renewable energy development and utilization of national energy strategy has become an important part. In 2009, the global energy market, wind, solar and geothermal resources are estimated at 1.7% contribution to electricity generation, accounting for 0.7% of primary energy consumption. The total installed wind power capacity increased by 31% for 5 consecutive years of growth accelerated. The total installed capacity of solar wind energy is more rapid than the growth rate, reaching 47%. Fuel ethanol production increased 8% to 770 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in order to calculate the energy content in 2009, global fuel ethanol production of renewable energy output equivalent to 1%.

United States Government to the development of new energy as the economy out of recession, create jobs, to seize the commanding heights of the important future development strategy, plans to invest 150 billion U.S. dollars to establish a “clean energy research and development fund” for solar energy, wind energy, bio-fuels and other clean alternative energy R & D and promotion. The German government plans to renewable energy by 2020 in the proportion of primary energy use accounted for 12% share in electricity generation accounts for 30% of. 2050 renewable energy share in total electricity generation reached 68% in heating the proportion of approximately 50%.

New energy industries will see an Active and effective development. China is a relatively energy-poor country, lower than the world average level of energy reserves, dependence on foreign oil has more than 50%. Primary energy supply is still mainly dependent on coal, much-needed energy structure adjustment and optimization. Director of national energy experts, the Advisory Committee, vice chairman of China Energy Research Society said Xu Dingming, climate change, to adjust energy structure, promoting the energy revolution, to ensure energy security is our main reason for the development of new energy industries.

In 2009, installed capacity of 197 million kilowatts of hydropower in China ranked first in the world. Solar photovoltaic cell output of 400 million kilowatts, the global share of 40%. The use of solar water heaters is more than 145 million square meters, accounting for 60% of the world over use. China’s renewable energy totals approximately 225 million tons of standard coal, accounting for the total global energy consumption, 7.3%.

New Energy Co., Ltd. Shandong, general manager of power Norit reaffirming that the civilization that all the world’s energy use should be for high-carbon to low carbon, and gradually become carbon-free development process. Energy use is efficient from the inefficient to never clean and to clean. In this low-carbon, high efficiency, clean energy path, the development of renewable energy in China there are still some problems to be solved.

Course of the new energy development, the Government supports the development of new energy and renewable energy a key. New energy and renewable energy can not develop without government support, such as taxes, subsidies, low-interest loans and a series of preferential policies; this is a new energy and renewable energy industry development, the initial impetus. With the “Renewable Energy Law” and “long-term renewable energy development plan” has promulgated relevant policies to promote renewable energy industry in China show a certain social benefits, but the cost is not high, but also state and government at all levels period of time in the future policy of continuing support.

Solar light and heat begin to exert. Relative to developed countries, China’s new energy started late, the average level of new energy technology is low. At present, most of the core of the new energy technologies and equipment manufacturers rely on imported technology and equipment at home is not high, while the technology and equipment accounted for some of Yi Ban absolute proportion of new energy investment, leading to the high cost of new energy use of similar products competitive ability.

However, in solar thermal utilization, there is a huge advantage. Solar thermal and photovoltaic different areas of the technical aspects of light and heat, are independent R & D, and mastered the core technology. Not long ago, developed independently by the force Norit medium temperature collector passed the Chinese Academy of Engineering, expert inspection, has reached international advanced level, to fill gaps in the international market. Medium temperature solar thermal products in the market put into use into the industry doing enough foreshadowing, but also pointed out the direction of the solar industry.

Currently, in the traditional areas of light and heat, solar water heater manufacturers have developed to the more than 5,000, although the industry shuffling speed, but also emerged as the force Norit, Haier, and several other leading companies, leading the industry’s direction, as the mainstay of the field of solar thermal utilization. This stage, the force Norit other brands through technical research, has begun to seawater desalination, air conditioning and refrigeration, industrial preheat, advance the field of agriculture and farming and power generation, solar thermal power companies began to send.

Throughout the development of renewable energy in our integrated status and market conditions, the industry still needs a new energy based on meeting the domestic market needs and build an internationally competitive industrial system; to further improve the relevant development plan, enhance self-innovation ability to play scientific and technical foundation and guiding role; government should also increase renewable energy development policy support, and steadily promote renewable energy industry’s sustained development, in all efforts to steady economic development, while promoting energy conservation, development low carbon economy.

Automatic dust removal can be improved solar energy efficiency. Solar panel up to 240 million markets should be more advanced dust removal technology. Many people know the advantages of solar energy, but few people know its Achilles heel: dirt. Very small amount (0.00484367821 kg / m2) dust on the solar panels can make the energy conversion rate by 40%.

To solve this problem, the scientists turned to look at Mars, people similar to the technology used in the Mars. NASA and the Mars mission at Boston University for the implementation of the development of a self-cleaning technology, used to combat the red dust on Mars. This self-cleaning coating helps clean up crew and aviation equipment, the dust on the solar panel.

Technology commercialization may be reflected from the current market conditions into account. The technology has not yet commercially available, including a dust monitoring sensor with a transparent coating. Excessive accumulation of dust when the battery panel, these sensors will be launched to paint a charge, and then paint a bunch of electronic shock wave will be issued by the limited energy shock dust off the battery panel. Every time when too much dust, which can remove 90% of the dust in two minutes.

To the solar panels can be coated with this coating to improve energy efficiency and lower maintenance costs, especially for large-scale solar power plants. Installation is relatively simple, without mechanical equipment and the water to complete removal, so it is suitable in solar power plants in remote desert areas.

December 25, Panasonic said in a statement, Matsushita plans to March 2012 ended the fiscal year mass production of 3.4 amps-hour lithium-ion battery, and in the subsequent year, higher production capacity of 4 amps-hour lithium- ion batteries. When the number of connections that a module of this battery when the battery will be able to drive electric vehicles.

Matsushita will invest in October 2011 before the 123 billion yen (1.3 billion U.S. dollars) to increase production of lithium-ion battery three times, because the Panasonic forecast demand in the promotion of electric vehicles, the global battery market will grow five times in 2018. Panasonic this month acquired the world’s largest rechargeable battery maker Sanyo.

In Tokyo, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group analyst Masahiko Ishino, said lithium-ion batteries for cars still in development stage, because Panasonic showed its plans in this area is positive.

Matsushita said it has developed a direct methanol fuel system that can generate electricity, the average power output is 20 watts, is this battery twice before.

Last week, the market index is disappointing slightly. Rebounded sharply Monday after the continuation of the upside of the situation did, and Thursday broke the 2680 points, 2701 points intraday on the touch, but Friday turned down but, to this week had dropped to 2639 points. However, the broader market downturn can not stop the enthusiasm of individual stocks or even crazy. Lithium plate continues to attract the eye last week, made flying integration since the end of May rose more than 300%, as full of big black horse. Plate stocks of other lithium battery performance are far better than the broader market.

1999 “5.19″ market has been the old shareholders relish, “5.19″ price is the originator and leader in Internet stocks section. Internet stocks were in the United States has become so smooth sailing, there is no price-earnings ratio are the only dream rate, only the newborn in the Chinese Internet industry, most people do not know why things network, Modem or a handful of people must have access to the Internet tool. But no one knows exactly what the Internet stocks a huge storm off the market, increased attention from the real economy for the future development of the network into the unlimited power.

In fact, foreign electric cars already widespread attention, the development has been a long time, the economy of electric vehicles, clean the market has been the goal, therefore, lithium battery market prospects are very promising market. Respected Buffett has become the early years of Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong, BYD is one major shareholder, while BYD is China’s first electric car companies try, but so far, Zambia Di has gone up 7 times. BYD electric vehicle power part of the A-share market is now concerned about lithium iron phosphate group, now known as the lithium battery. If the valuation of lithium and the growth plate, but out of the question, as an industry to the development of lithium batteries is far from the degree of molding. But its prospects were indeed as the network that year.

Lithium Power Group can not be a real substitute for oil in the car, which is a professional issue, non-professional writer, more properly left to the discussion of industry experts. Internet stocks from year to see the madness of speculation process, clean of stocks will be affected side, such as the year’s Shanghai Maling, and market speculation of hot money in the process of long-term value from the initial discovery, and finally evolved into excessive speculation, until the bubble burst. Current market value is in the discovery stage to wild, hot money gathered is worse than the relatively more Internet stocks, as long as stocks associated with a message of company’s intention to intervene in lithium battery industry, certainly in hot pursuit of funds received by the market.

Internet stocks on the speculation of the year end result are very regrettable. China’s electric car industry can not grow up quickly, especially with the capital market can grow, and then the network section to avoid regret is the focus of management will need to be considered. For investors, is still far from value investing, whether short-term needs have self-involvement is considered a serious problem. But participation in such shares, courage, courage, superb skills are essential, but also with a little luck.

8 days from Vice Premier Li Keqiang stressed the strong inhibition of both speculation and other unreasonable demands of formulation, the late real estate there is the possibility of further pressure, passed to the stock market is a drag index. However, policies to combat the real estate industry is not the focus of the sector, real estate, refinancing pressure and local financing platform for the problem is eliminated, so the market in real estate and banking section there are cognitive errors.

Honda is very much a two hybrid-type – Insight and CR-Z will be introduced to China in the year 2012. And a two car made it around the battle, are Honda’s two joint ventures in China (Guangzhou Honda and Dongfeng Honda Automobile) between the start.

The development of new energy sources, Honda determined the future development of the Chinese market opportunity, hoping to find the battery partner in China, and then push your car to rise to power of a new high ground.

But now most likely become the world’s No. 1 auto market in China thousands of energy, passion is to promote a hundredfold the development of pure electric vehicles. Also in North America and Europe, electric vehicles are rapidly heating up. Then the Honda, even more determined to prove that hybrid vehicles in order to better adapt to the current Chinese market.

Responsibility falls to the Minister for Honda’s new Chinese headquarters Seiji Kuraishi head. Six months ago, or the general manager of Dongfeng Honda, Seiji Kuraishi import in China over the Civic Hybrid sedan, but because the “price” while attractive in the high and few.

Kuraishi It is clear that Honda’s hybrid vehicles in China, let stand our ground, it is necessary to widely publicize the unique lightweight Honda IMA (Integrated Motor Assist) technology, and significantly reduce costs and prices. The prerequisite to achieve this is to realize “the battery and motor localization of production.”

This is the consensus of their cross-car enterprises, with the Chinese government’s support for new energy vehicles increases, enterprises are required Competition car not only technology, but also who can take the lead in achieving low-cost mass production, the most critical is the core component of domestic battery.

Although Kuraishi repeatedly emphasized Insight and CR-Z has not made things finalized, but in fact, has already begun preparatory work related, and the battery has been China’s enterprises began to be contacted with the Honda.

Fixed price of hybrid vehicles killer

Last year in February, when the Honda Insight Hybrid 2nd generation in Japan, the selling price from the first generation of 2.2 million yen straight down to 1.89 million yen (tax included). In addition, because the Japanese government for the introduction of energy saving vehicles corresponding tax cuts and grants policy, therefore, Japanese consumers to buy In-sight required to pay 1,652,300 yen (equivalent to 128 thousand Yuan) can be.

The price is very competitive. Soon, 100 km fuel consumption less than 4 liters of Insight on the passenger car sales charts in Japan, holds the first (now Japan’s first month sales for the Toyota Pries models), during the peak sales month 16000. In 2009, Insight sold 94,000 in Japan, accounting for Honda sales in Japan of 15%.

Honda’s hybrid strategy is to bring down the overall price of the Japanese. In 2009, the total hybrid sales in Japan reached 350,000, accounting for the Japanese car sales of 12% of the ordinary about 3 times in 2008. It can be said of the blowout in 2009 hybrid, so that Japan has entered an era of mixed power car.

Thus, in February this year, Honda has introduced its new hybrid CR-Z. This is a two sport coupe, powered by a Honda IMA more dynamic performance of hybrid systems, the minimum price of 2.26 million yen (tax included). In June, the monthly car sales in Japan have reached 3,700.

Honda’s next hybrid product is a hybrid version of Fit will be expected to launch in September. Its challenge is to lower prices, small cars with less fuel consumption, highlights the advantages of hybrid technology.

However, Honda’s hybrid development of this practical course, but also by Toyota, GM and other car enterprise challenges. These enterprises tend to use more complex structure, but the more obvious energy saving effect of hybrid systems. Particularly in the large displacement vehicles, the effect becomes more apparent. The past, as in Honda products, the large proportion of very small displacement cars, it’s not suitable for large displacement currently in hybrid vehicle products.

To this end, Honda has developed a plan in the next two years, will be available, including plug-in hybrid, electric cars powered by lithium batteries and so on. Among them, the plug-in hybrid motor car during test run will be in the United States.

Strategy in China

In Honda’s products, dynamic version of the Civic hybrid has been sold in China, while the Insight and the CR-Z also made a clear timetable for China. Estimates, hybrid version of Fit into China only a matter of timeThe biggest issue is cost. Seiji Kuraishi that hybrid sales in China more than 2000 on, its production costs will decline. Currently, Honda has begun in China to find the battery partner. And even in Japan, Honda, battery unit is also produced by other companies, Honda is only responsible for assembly of the system. To this end, Honda has just recently set up a joint venture to develop lithium-powered products.

Speaking from the vehicle production, the manufacture of hybrid vehicles is not too much unique. Honda’s Suzuka factory in Japan, daily production of hybrid vehicles has reached 400. There, the reporter saw is basically a hybrid of line with the normal car production, but the battery assembly of the system in need of a dedicated workshop. The factory manager told reporters that only high-voltage battery part, needs to be done against electricity, dust handling, workers also need to have electrical qualifications. Other production processes, and ordinary cars is exactly the same.

Honda has come to test time in China is determined. This is no longer a simple technical factor, but the strategy depends on there Honda hybrid price significantly lower in China’s drive, and to share with China-related core technologies.

In addition, Honda needs to do is to balance its two joint ventures, the hybrid vehicle production plant on the right. Guess from the current situation, Insight Dongfeng Honda are more likely to settle.

Bosch solar energy in its further expansion of solar energy production facilities, officially opened the new Arnstadt, Thuringia, crystal silicon solar cell manufacturing plant. 12,000 square meters of facilities can provide 10,000 solar cells per hour and the annual output capacity of 90 million U.S. dollars.

Bosch Solar CEO, said, we will cover the complete chain of crystalline silicon industry, which not only makes our products the best performance and quality costs can be reduced so that we can have greater technical potential.

With the Arnstadt plant is completed, Bosch aims to triple to about 630MWp, thus greatly promoting its growth strategy. Expansion of its facilities will be completed in 2011, when the R & D center and the main body of the new administrative building will be completed.

The building opening ceremony will be held in summer 2011. By 2012, Bosch will invest about € 530 billion and create 1,100 jobs.