Fan kilowatts cost down China Power Valley to prepare for the "3000 yuan era

As the top event of the domestic wind power equipment manufacturing enterprises, the 2010 national large-scale wind energy equipment industry annual meeting and industry development forum recently closed in high-tech zone of Baoding City. Information at the meeting revealed that the cost per unit of kilowatts for wind turbines in China has dropped from 6,500 yuan to 3,850 yuan, which means that domestic wind turbine manufacturing has entered the “3000 era” of low-price competition. How will this affect the development of the industry? As China's earliest establishment of a wind power equipment manufacturing base in China Power Valley, how will it respond to the challenges?

1, fan kilowatts fell nearly half the cost of two years

“The wind turbine manufacturing industry has entered the '3000 yuan era'!” On November 11, 2010, the national large-scale wind energy equipment industry annual meeting and industry development forum was opened. The news disclosed by relevant experts immediately attracted the attention of all participants. . “This judgment is based on the latest quoted price for the wind turbine tender meeting.” Experts from the conference said that on October 26, among the 12 bidding companies in the Zhangjiakou dam and the Xinjiang Hami Wind Power Base unit bidding meeting, they were in the industry. The leading positions of Goldwind Technologies and Sinovel Wind Power were quoted at 3,850 yuan per kilowatt and 3,983 yuan per kilowatt respectively, and announced that the cost per kilowatt of 1.5MW wind turbine unit fell below 4,000 yuan. In 2008, the unit price of 1.5 MW wind turbines was around 6,500 yuan per kilowatt.

The fall in the price of wind turbines is a trend in the development of China's wind power industry in the past two years. In contrast, the development of wind power in China has grown by leaps and bounds. Over the past four years, the installed capacity has doubled year after year.

According to statistics, by the end of 2009, 21,581 grid-connected wind turbine generators were installed nationwide, with an installed capacity of 25.8 million kilowatts. It is expected that the cumulative installed capacity will exceed 42 million kilowatts by the end of this year and will surpass the United States by 2014 to become the world's largest wind power industry power. “This development momentum determines that the price of wind turbines will inevitably decline.” According to Yan Hesheng, Secretary General of the China Wind Power Machinery Branch of the China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association, the rapid development of technical barriers has led to a gradual decline in the production costs of wind turbines. On the other hand, a large number of companies have entered the wind power equipment manufacturing industry, and competition has also led to price declines.

Faced with the sudden arrival of the wind turbine “3000 yuan era”, most of the wind power manufacturing companies in Baoding's China Power Valley experienced unprecedented competitive pressures. A person in charge of the company told reporters: "Excessive low-cost competition, the reduction of corporate profits, will enable companies to have no funds for further R & D design. If you develop into bad money to drive out good money, it will hurt the healthy development of the industry."

The impact of competition has been demonstrated throughout the industry. The reporter learned that at present, there are already a number of wind power machine manufacturers in China that have stopped production or even listed on the transfer. At the same time, mergers, acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions among wind power equipment manufacturing companies have intensified, and industrial concentration has become a development trend.

2. Expand production capacity and upgrade technology to meet low-price competition

The intense competition has caused the industry to “shuffle” and become the most obvious feature of the “3000-year era” of wind turbines. So, what does the company rely on? “The companies in the power valley must first strive to expand themselves.” Sun Jinbo, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the High-tech Zone of Baoding City said. According to reports, the China Power Valley new energy industry located in Baoding High-tech Zone has covered six major fields of wind power generation, photovoltaic power generation, power transmission and transformation, electricity saving, electricity storage and power automation equipment manufacturing, of which wind power has been formed with complete machines and blades. The industry chain supplemented by the main, control systems and related structural components gathered more than 70 related companies.

In the latest wind power tendering, Goldwind announced the lowest price. Its president, Guo Jian, stated that through the optimization of production capacity, the company has produced more than 3,000 units of production and sales this year, and has relied on a significant reduction in scale costs.

Since the beginning of this year, the expansion of its own production capacity has become the same choice for companies in the electric valley.

It is understood that the current machine company Guodian United Power has completed the construction of the third phase; control system manufacturer Kono Albert will increase production capacity from 500 units to 2,000 units this year; the leader of the blade company, CNAC Huiteng, is embarking on four phases of construction...

"These expansions are not merely an increase in quantity, but rather an increase in the number of products that have been completed on the basis of technological breakthroughs and relying on independent innovation." Experts believe that technological progress is the root of cost reduction.

The reporter noticed that Baoding High-tech Zone has become an independent innovation and distribution center to a certain extent: CNAC Huitong, which is the only domestic aircraft propeller manufacturing enterprise, has developed 12 series of nearly 40 models of blade products; The company began to try to sell products while selling technology...

"Low-price competition cannot be equated with low-quality competition." Many power valley entrepreneurs worry about others and remind themselves.

3. Develop the entire industry chain to counter "investment for resources"

"The 'era of 3000 yuan' is not a scourge, but we must not ignore the underdogs," said Sun Jinbo, secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Baoding High-tech Zone. In an interview, the reporter found that the "3000-year era" is a real threat to China's power valley is the trend of "investment for resources" in the development of the industry, that is, some wind-rich regions in the country proposed to the development company, to To develop wind power in the local area, wind power companies must be built locally. At the annual meeting, more than one expert pointed out that this practice has hindered fair competition in the market and was also detrimental to the healthy development of the industry. But it is precisely this local policy that makes domestic wind power manufacturing companies have to give priority to the first-line gathering of wind power development in the strategic layout. “In the long run, it is not only the land and infrastructure, but more importantly, the industrial supporting capabilities and other conditions. The Sun Jinbo believes that despite the lack of wind energy resources, Diangu’s development environment, Industry supporting capabilities are advantages.

With a complete industrial chain and development environment as the favorable conditions for winning the competition, Baoding Hi-tech Zone clearly clarified such a guiding idea, that is, it is committed to building a variety of hardware and software environments for corporate services such as policy measures, infrastructure, etc., while dedicating to extending and Improve the wind power industry chain.

According to reports, Baoding City High-tech Zone will focus on expanding the next two: on the one hand will support research institutions such as North China Electric Power University, so that electricity valley from the manufacturing center to R & D center; on the other hand will develop the continuation of the industry to strengthen the test detection, post-maintenance, etc. Capacity building for productive services.

Experts at the meeting said that most of the domestic wind turbine installations have passed the shelf-life for two to three years. Therefore, the maintenance service for the latter-stage maintenance needs an industrialized service organization. At the same time, the specialization of wind power development consulting, wind turbine product testing and certification, operation and management of wind farms has gradually become a new need for industrial development. “If you do early planning, this will become a new bright spot in the industry development in Power Valley.”