The child is not a mother, and he has a long story. When he mentioned this, he couldn't help but pause.

"Then you just tell me a long story," Shen Ying urged from the side.

"This is not involved in any commercial secrets at home, right?" Fan Xiang also said.

"Although it is not a business secret, it is also more important to us." Fan Wubing smiled bitterly, "Don't talk nonsense after you go out, otherwise it will easily disrupt my industrial layout."

After a while, Fan Wubing said to everyone, "In fact, our institute did not announce our technological achievements to the public. It is mainly due to the strategic considerations of the industrial chain. It is believed that there is no time to invest in the photovoltaic power industry on a large scale."

"Why?" Shen Ying asked curiously.

"We have not completely solved the problem of raw materials yet," Fan Wubing replied.

In the photovoltaic industry, we must first have a stable supply of raw materials, cooperate with the increase in production capacity, and then carry out different promotions to increase sales channels.

It is undeniable that no matter how other materials change, photovoltaic cells using silicon as raw materials are still the mainstream of the entire photovoltaic industry at present. Even if major companies work hard to develop thin-film photovoltaic cell technology, it is impossible to replace the market position of silicon-based batteries in a short period of time.

It is conceivable that obtaining sufficient materials at a reasonable price is an indispensable and necessary condition in this rapidly growing photovoltaic industry. That is to say, if the company cannot stabilize the supply of silicon materials, then... let alone production capacity.

Although silicon is the 20th richest element in the environment shell, with abundant mineral resources and easy to exploit, there is no shortage, in addition to being a raw material for photovoltaic cells, silicon materials are also essential raw materials for the semiconductor industry such as liquid crystal TVs and computer chips.

In the past, almost all silicon materials were supplied to the semiconductor industry, and only a small part was provided to the photovoltaic cell industry. However, in recent years, semiconductor industries such as computer chips, .d liquid crystal TVs have been going on, and the demand for silicon materials has been increasing.

At the same time, the photovoltaic industry is also developing rapidly, and the amount of silicon used has been expanding year by year. In recent years, the use of electricity has been soaring, and it has gradually approached the demand of the semiconductor industry, and even exceeded the growth of silicon production capacity, which has led to a shortage of silicon materials and the price of silicon materials has been rising.

"The price of solar-grade silicon has risen from USD 8 per kilogram to USD 18 per kilogram this year. Although silicon-producing manufacturers are expanding their production capacity, judging from the current development situation, the shortage will not be solved in ten years." Fan Wubing explained to everyone, "So what ways can photovoltaic companies use to stabilize the supply of silicon materials? Simply put, there are two main methods. One method is to cooperate with industry and game companies, such as signing a long-term pricing agreement to ensure future raw material supply; the other method is to enter upstream businesses based on corporate strategies. Taking Japan's Sharp as an example, it is planning to use the company's long-term strategy and use its own strength to develop upstream businesses. In the next few years, it will set up factories to produce silicon materials. At the same time, it also plans to sign a long-term silicon wafer supply contract with industry and game leading companies, such as Norway RBE."

Fan Wubing’s meaning is that only after ensuring sufficient and stable supply of raw materials can they actively expand their production capacity to ensure that there are enough finished products to cope with the huge market demand.

According to Fan Wubing's estimate, as long as their raw material supply can be fully guaranteed, the production capacity within the first year will reach one million kilowatts, or more.

"Only one million kilowatt-hours a year? That's too little, right?" Song Qing didn't know much about this, and asked in surprise when she heard this, "Is the total amount of solar power so low?"

"Please, you haven't figured out the situation." Fan Wubing gave Song Qing a blank look. "The unit of electricity consumption is kilowatt-hours. If the production capacity of our production is one million kilowatts, these products can provide one million kilowatts within an hour. How much electricity can you provide in one day?"

"It's 24 million kilowatt-hours a day?" Song Qing was shocked when she calculated. If she calculated like this, she would have 10 billion kilowatt-hours a year.

"Oh, it can't be calculated so simply. After all, this must be effective in the case of sun. Naturally, there is no way to electricity at night. In addition, there is wind, rain, snow, cloudy, etc., it would be nice to get a 40% off." Fan Wubing explained.

"Oh, that's quite amazing. Even if it's 4 billion kilowatt-hours a year, it's equivalent to the electricity consumption of 100 million ordinary families in a month." Shen Ying said after roughly estimating it.

Of course, this is just the production capacity for the first production year expected by Fan Wubing. According to general development rules, it is still very likely that the production capacity will double within three years. After the raw materials can be fully guaranteed, the production capacity will expand very quickly. After all, once the technology is mature, production will easily expand.

In that case, Fan Investment Group's photovoltaic electricity products can provide daily electricity to ordinary users across the country within about three or four years.

"Of course, there is also a problem of electric energy storage, which is the most important obstacle." Fan Wubing said.

Battery technology has always been a weakness in China. For a long time, Chinese people have used imported batteries again. The relevant domestic technologies are basically trapped in faults and can only produce ordinary batteries with low technical content and heavy pollution. Therefore, Fan Wubing said that electric energy storage is a big problem.

"Since you are already engaged in the photovoltaic industry, you can also work on battery technology. Anyway, it is a technology in an industrial chain. It will be beneficial for you to open it up." Fan Hengke said to his son.

"I think too, so the company is now considering driving a hybrid sedan, which can use fuel and electric energy dual-power in the future, and a high-efficiency battery pack is needed here." Fan Wubing said that if the synchronous development of solar power technology and electric vehicle technology is achieved, it will be very helpful to solve the domestic energy shortage problem."

"Your idea is very good. It is best to have a more convincing number." Fan Heng was very interested after hearing this and said to his son, "I will discuss it when I go to Changmai to try to give you some tilts in the policy. After all, this is considered a clean energy source and will have a positive influence on the image of the entire country. Everyone must be very interested." Fan Wubing nodded and agreed.

In fact, what he has to care about is far from what he has said so far. The next step in increasing production capacity is to increase sales. Traditional industrial and photovoltaic companies will strengthen communication with module suppliers, systems, suppliers, distributors and construction contractors to understand market needs and channels for increasing sales.

Of course, doing this alone is not enough. Since the concept of photovoltaic power is not fully popular in life, increasing sales in existing demand is only a passive strategy. Photovoltaic companies must actively increase consumers' demand for photovoltaic power is the essence of the industry.

As for how to increase consumers' demand for photovoltaic electricity? This issue is also quite complicated and often needs to be promoted through government actions.

In fact, for now, the concept of photovoltaic is not popular in people's lives, so the company's strategy is naturally to enable consumers to know and enjoy the advantages of using photovoltaic electricity.

In the current situation where the cost of photovoltaic electricity is high, it is generally through the policies and subsidy measures of various governments. Large enterprises install large-scale photovoltaic electricity systems, hold public lectures, and expand the application of photovoltaic electricity, so that consumers can enjoy the benefits of photovoltaic electricity regardless of their homes, work, and leisure and entertainment venues, so that photovoltaic electricity becomes a part of their lives without realizing it.

However, no matter where the major companies focus, it is not difficult to realize that their goals are to improve technology and reduce electricity costs. Moreover, since the cost reduction of the first generation of photovoltaic cells with monocrystalline silicon as materials is limited, it is also expected that the development direction of photovoltaic cells will be to focus on thin film technology and expand the application of photovoltaic technology infinitely.

Of course, in addition to improving technology, photovoltaic cell companies should also implement corresponding supply chain strategies to cater to market needs, consolidate the supply of raw materials silicon materials through long-term contracts or their own development business, ensure that silicon materials are endless, and then cooperate with increasing photovoltaic cell production capacity, use the preferential policies of various governments for the photovoltaic industry to increase the public's awareness of photovoltaic electricity to increase the demand for photovoltaic electricity, thereby bringing photovoltaic electricity to every bit of daily life.

"In fact, the demonstration effect is also very important. I plan to build a photovoltaic power base in Lingxi Province, where the conditions of Rizhao are relatively better, to provide energy for future metal smelting, so that the energy consumption will be reduced to a large extent." Fan Wubing finally said.

Fan Heng agreed after hearing this, because Fan Wubing informed him of the emergence of a new large rare metal deposit in Lingxi. Obviously, in order to mine in the future, the gap in power demand will be very large. In addition to the traditional thermal power supply, providing power energy through photovoltaic power grid connection will play a great role, saving energy on the one hand, and saving money on the other hand.

Everyone had finished their meal and were chatting here. Soon Fan Wubing received another call, but it was a call from his intelligence department in Gonghai. They said that the micro-surveillance equipment installed in Tong Yu's "Shan's office finally captured the scene of Li Jinchuan entering his office while Tong Yushan was away.

"Well, I'll go and listen to your detailed report later." Fan Wubing replied calmly.
Chapter completed!