Potential of Photovoltaic Industry in Egypt

PV （photovoltaic） market is dominated by Europe, especially Germany and Spain. However, the PV industry leaders recently exist in Asia. The huge market growth require industry growth, but with competitive cost. The electricity shortage in Egypt makes transferring to photovoltaic technology necessary, especially with the high solar radiation. The only reason why grid parity is not yet reached in Egypt is the elevated subsidiary of conventional electricity. If this subsidy is transformed to incentives for using and manufacturing solar cells, the situation will vary. This article shows that transferring PV industry to Egypt has a potential of cost saving of 5.7%, which could be translated either into competitive price or higher return on investment. This work is not a feasibility study. However, based on the cost structure of each phase in the PV industry value chain, the benefit （5.7% cost reduction potential） of transferring the industry to Egypt is worthy to accomplish the needed feasibility study.

Cost dynamics of onshore wind energy in the context of China's carbon neutrality target

Wind energy has become one of the most important measures for China to achieve its carbon neutrality goal.The spatial and temporal evolvement of economic competitiveness for wind energy becomes an important concern in shaping the decarbonization pathway in China.There has been an urgent need in power system planning to model the future dynamics of cost decline and supply potential for wind power in the context of carbon neutrality until 2060.Existing studies often fail to capture the rapid decline in the cost of wind power generation in recent years,and the prediction of wind power cost decline is more conservative than the reality.This study constructs an integrated model to evaluate the cost-competitiveness and grid parity potential of China's onshore wind electricity at fine spatial resolution with updated parameters.Results indicate that the total onshore wind potential amounts to 54.0 PWh.The average levelized cost of wind power is expected to decline from CNY 0.39 kWh^(-1)in 2020 to CNY 0.30 and CNY 0.21 kWh^(-1)in 2030 and 2060.28.3%,67.6%,and 97.6%of the technical potentials hold power costs lower than coal power in 2020,2030,and 2060.

Current Status of PV in China and Its Future Forecast

Current status and the progress of PV in China are introduced with detailed data,covering PV manufacturing,market development,cost reduction and technology innovation.Fast growing of PV industry in China is due to series of incentive policies provided by the Chinese government,which are provided in this paper as well.To slow down the speed of PV development,the 5.31 new policy is issued on May 31,2018 by the Chinese government as a milestone.The affections of the new policy and future PV market are analyzed.The target of energy transition of China and the role of PV are provided.PV will have more broad space in development when it comes to grid parity in the future.