As a sunrise industry in the energy transition, photovoltaics are increasingly favored by investors.
Recently, the photovoltaic industry has set off another wave of discussions. The stock god Warren Buffett has also increased investment in the photovoltaic industry. According to US media reports, the US government has recently approved the largest solar project in the history of the United States, which is located in the north of Las Vegas. The solar power plant with an installed capacity of 690 megawatts, named "Gemini Solar", will provide electricity to the Nevada Energy Company (NV Energy), a subsidiary of Buffett-owned Berkshire Hathaway.
In addition to Buffett, there are many bigwigs who are optimistic about photovoltaics and have joined the photovoltaic family. Therefore, the editor will take stock of the "star companies"/celebs that have invested in photovoltaics in recent years.
foreign market
Bill Gates
On November 20, 2019, Microsoft founder billionaire Bill Gates invested in a company that aims to achieve a solar breakthrough that saves the planet. It is understood that the company is called Heliogen and is developing a technology that uses artificial intelligence and a set of mirrors to reflect and focus sunlight, thereby generating high temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius, which can separate hydrogen molecules from water. , To create a non-fossil gas, which can provide heating for homes, fuel for cars, and power for factories. It is worth noting that this technology may completely change the way materials such as steel and glass are manufactured.
Musk/Tesla
Musk's photovoltaic dream may really be realized. In June 2016, Tesla acquired SolarCity for US$2.6 billion in stocks, officially opening the road to photovoltaics. At the beginning of 2020, Tesla announced that the new version of the solar roof will enter 13 cities in the United States, and will soon announce the time to enter the European and Chinese markets.
Tim Cook/Apple
Green environmental protection is one of Apple's core values. Apple CEO Tim Cook said that with Apple's position in the industry, it has the responsibility to do something to protect the environment and has the ability to guide progress in this area. On October 22, 2014, Apple announced two new projects. The first is that Apple will build more than 200 megawatts of solar energy projects in the northern, eastern and southern power grid regions of China. The energy generated by the projects is equivalent to more than 265,000 Chinese households. Annual electricity consumption. Secondly, Apple also said that in the next few years it will cooperate with Chinese suppliers to use more than 2,000 megawatts of new clean energy.
In 2019, Apple announced that the number of suppliers that promised 100% use of clean energy to produce Apple products has nearly doubled, reaching a total of 44. With this cooperation with suppliers, Apple will exceed the goal of bringing 4 gigawatts of renewable energy to the supply chain by 2020. During this period, it is expected that more than 1 gigawatt of renewable energy will be produced. All facilities in the world have been powered by 100% renewable energy.
Compared to Apple, Google is already one step ahead in the field of new energy. At present, the new office building and parking shed of Google headquarters are equipped with photovoltaic power stations. The Google headquarters covered by solar panels is like a blue ocean with solar energy footprints everywhere. In addition, Google plans to build a large global "photovoltaic + energy storage" hybrid power project in the near future.
Domestic market
Alibaba
In contrast to the domestic market, our father Yun Ma has already led Alibaba to pay attention to the new energy field. On January 4, 2018, the photovoltaic power station on the roof of the Cainiao Guangzhou Zengcheng Logistics Park was officially connected to the grid.
Jingdong
Of course, Jack Ma’s father’s old friend Liu Qiangdong will not miss such an investment opportunity. On December 27, 2017, JD.com and GCL Smart Yuncang joined forces to build JD’s photovoltaic cloud warehouse in Jurong. In addition, on June 7, 2018, the distributed photovoltaic power generation system on the roof of the JD Shanghai Asia No. 1 Smart Logistics Center was officially connected to the grid for power generation. This system can supply clean energy for the automatic three-dimensional warehouse, intelligent robots and automated sorting systems in the warehouse.
Wanda
It is understood that a Wanda Plaza consumes 900,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity in one month, which is equivalent to the electricity consumption of a family of 9,000 households in one month! Can such a high amount of electricity use not join the ranks of rooftop photovoltaic power stations? ? Under such a large energy consumption, Wanda took the initiative to build this more than 100 kW power station.
Evergrande
On September 29, 2014, Evergrande Group announced an investment of 90 billion yuan to build a 9.2 million kilowatt solar photovoltaic power generation project in Zhangjiakou, Hebei.
Baidu
On July 21, 2015, Baidu actively responded to the national energy saving policy and completed a solar photovoltaic power generation project in Baidu Cloud Computing (Yangquan) Center.
Ikea
In addition to the above-mentioned bosses, IKEA has also installed photovoltaic power plants on the roof, with a total installed capacity of about 10 megawatts. Not only that, photovoltaic modules can already be purchased in IKEA stores (UK).
With the maturity of technology, as the inexhaustible solar energy clean energy for the earth, it is more and more widely used in production and life. The operation of machinery consumes the largest proportion of energy. The core problem of reducing carbon emissions and emissions is the motor in the machinery. Jada's disc motors have won nearly 60 patents around the world, solving the bottleneck of large-scale solar energy applications. Dayuanbang photovoltaic air conditioners and related health home appliances will enter ordinary households on a large scale.
