DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS FOR THE VERY LARGE-SCALE PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION AND ITS ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS IN CHINA

Solar energy photovoltaic power generation is hopeful to be applied in a large amount and possesses an important position in the future energy sources. In this paper, the electric load demand and the energy structure of power generation in the mid 21st century are forecasted, the energy bases for Very Large Scale Photovoltaic (VLS-PV) power generation are preliminarily selected, the operation characteristics of PVpower generation and the adaptability of electric power grid for the VLS-PV power generation are analyzed, the schemes for transmitting large amount of PV power and the economic and technical bottlenecks for applying VLS-PV power generation are discussed. Finally, the measures and suggestions for developing VLS-PV power generation in China are presented.