Featured in Southern China's rooftop gig – 01-2013

1,000 Factories, 1,000 Megawatts

China’s rooftop potential: Southern China and its richest province Guangdong have lagged behind other regions in China when it comes to PV production and installation. However, the region pioneered China’s industrial development and at the recent Distributed PV Application and Commercialization Forum organized by SEMI China in Shunde, Guangdong, there were signs that the situation is about to change. Abundant industrial rooftops provide the basis for Guangdong’s new “Thousand Factories, Thousand Megawatts” program and it could make PV a leading industry in this region.
Eckhart Gouras
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Eckhart Gouras

A towering billboard showing the Lecong Steel World development hovers above the tour of delegates, who have just gotten off buses after attending the first day of SEMI China’s Distributed PV Application and Commercialization Forum in Lecong Town, Shunde District in China’s Guangdong province. With 60 MW of rooftop PV planned for this development, the …

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