Chinese PV companies to seize the South African market bridgehead

In the past two years, the European Union, the United States, India and other countries and regions have exports of PV products in China launched a series of "dual" measures, so that the PV industry in China has long been heavily dependent on the U.S. and European markets embattled photovoltaic enterprises have the perspective to Africa and Asia-Pacific and other emerging markets.

The Suntech, BYD, Jingke GCL, Chint the domestic photovoltaic mainstream enterprise have Chenbing Nan non-African PV solar panel market sentiment snatch. Half a beat slower photovoltaic Lu enterprises, the urgent need to catch up. It is understood that the Linuo Group has realized the potential of the African market, and start in the non-layout.

In early February, the information released by the Ministry of Commerce show that Africa has become the fastest growing export of China's photovoltaic products in emerging markets. In December 2012, China's photovoltaic products exports to African countries for $ 51,990,000, an increase of 111%. Accompanied economic development in Africa, the countries of the electricity demand increases, at the same time, Africa can make use of large reserves of clean resources, especially in Ethiopia such as the Sahara near adequate light of the country, the development of the photovoltaic industry obvious advantages.

South Africa, Morocco has developed a strategy to support the development of the solar cell photovoltaic industry. The Commerce Department recommended that PV companies in China should actively explore the African market this year. In the African market, especially in Africa's largest economy, South Africa, the most fiery owned photovoltaic enterprises have here as a pioneering African market bridgehead.

BYD PV Yang Feng, regional manager in South Africa, has told the Economic Herald reporter African PV market is favorable for Chinese enterprises, mainly thanks to the bidding of the local government, as well as the relatively favorable investment environment, the lower the market access threshold and considerable market potential. "South Africa is very sound legal barriers to trade almost no government is also encouraging foreign investment." Yang Feng said.

South Africa from 2011 to vigorously develop the photovoltaic industry, approved a photovoltaic power generation of 632 MW and 150 MW concentrating power station power generation projects the solar charge controller photovoltaic become one of the key investment projects in South Africa. Keen sense of smell the Hanwha, BYD, Suntech, Jinko, Trina, Chint photovoltaic in corporate giants have already sharpening rushed to South Africa, is being to supply photovoltaic set up projects and the establishment of a module factory.

At this point, Yang Feng was stationed in South Africa, and the formation of large single scored 110 MW PV for BYD. Yang Feng told the Herald reporter, in the first phase of the tender of more than 600 MW project, around seventy percent share of the Chinese-funded enterprises occupy.