Feasibility Study for an Off-Grid, Cutting Edge, Low Cost PV Product

全球有超过12亿人没有用上电。虽然光伏组件的使用量已从2009年的6千兆瓦大幅增长至2015年的58千兆瓦，但在离网农村地区，特别是在印度、东南亚和非洲，光伏组件的使用率一直很低，主要原因是偏远地区的成本和重量限制令人望而却步。BIG Solar Limited(“BSL”)正在开发Power Roll，这是一款突破性的灵活、超轻和超低成本的太阳能光伏产品。Power Roll是一种独特的光伏技术，它将允许消费者以比基于碳的技术更便宜的成本生产可再生能源，并且比其他光伏技术便宜得多。Power Roll的制造成本将是目前光伏产品的一小部分，重量最高可达目前光伏产品的50倍，允许在离网地区大量使用。BSL已经成功地证明了Power Roll设计和架构的概念。该项目专注于应用程序的开发，以满足印度和东南亚市场农村离网社区的需求。BSL正在与印度合作伙伴能源与资源研究所(TERI)合作开展该项目。

Over 1.2 billion people globally are without access to electricity. Whilst the take up of photovoltaic (PV)modules has expanded dramatically from 6GW in 2009 to 58GW in 2015, the level of adoption in off-grid ruralareas, particularly in India, SE Asia and Africa has been very low, primarily due to prohibitively high cost andweight limiting take up in remote locations. Big Solar Limited (“BSL”) is developing Power Roll, a groundbreaking flexible, ultra- lightweight and ultra-low cost solar PV product. Power Roll is a unique PV technologythat will allow consumers to generate renewable energy at a cost cheaper than carbon based technologies andsignificantly less expensively than other PV technologies. Power Roll will be manufactured at a fraction of thecost of, and is up to 50 times lighter than current PV products, allowing for mass take up in off grid areas. BSLhas been successful in proving the concept of the Power Roll design and architecture. This project is focussedon the development of applications that will address the needs of rural off-grid communities in the Indian andSE Asia markets. BSL is working with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) an Indian partner on the project.