On December 8, reporters learned that starting next year, government-funded new public and industrial buildings in qualified urban areas are expected to achieve nearly full photovoltaic coverage. The Anhui Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently released the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Integrated Construction of Photovoltaics in Buildings (Draft for Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as "the Plan") and is seeking public feedback. Urban New Public Buildings to Achieve Photovoltaic Coverage First The building sector is one of the main areas of energy consumption and carbon emissions. Promoting the integrated construction of photovoltaic systems in buildings is significant for advancing the green transformation of urban and rural development and achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. The Plan requires that starting in 2025, building photovoltaics will be included in the overall scale of new energy development in the province, with coordinated development and utilization. Government-funded new public and industrial buildings in qualified urban areas should achieve basic photovoltaic coverage, while other buildings should implement photovoltaic systems wherever possible. This aims to establish a development and operation model for building photovoltaics that involves government guidance, enterprise participation, market operation, and win-win outcomes. By 2027, the installed capacity of photovoltaics added to existing urban buildings is expected to reach 10,000 megawatts, with large-scale and market-oriented applications of integrated photovoltaics across various types of buildings in the province, forming a high-quality development pattern for Anhui's photovoltaic industry. Encouraging Existing Residential Buildings to Harness Solar Energy The Plan emphasizes the comprehensive application of integrated photovoltaic technologies in new urban buildings. Photovoltaic and supporting energy storage facilities should be designed, constructed, inspected, and put into use simultaneously with the main building project. By enhancing urban functionality and updating large-scale equipment, existing urban buildings will be renovated to install photovoltaic facilities, expanding applications such as photovoltaic rooftops, facades, awning, fences, and electric scooter shed. Non-Compliant Photovoltaic Installations Cannot Be Approved The Plan states that Anhui will promote the simultaneous construction of photovoltaic facilities in new (including renovated and expanded) buildings. Construction, supervision, and building units must adhere to design documents and relevant standards during construction, supervision, and acceptance. If the construction of photovoltaic facilities does not meet requirements, completion inspections cannot be organized. Photovoltaic facilities are considered part of the main project and will be supervised for quality and safety by the construction quality and safety supervision department. Exploring Station-Based Energy Storage Technologies and New Products To expand new energy storage applications in integrated photovoltaic development, the province will support local project units in building or leasing energy storage facilities at key points. It will explore the application of station-based energy storage technologies to enhance the compatibility and capacity support of photovoltaic generation. Large public buildings, public institution buildings, and public welfare buildings that meet the requirements will adopt energy storage technologies such as thermal and cooling storage. The Plan encourages industrial enterprises and industrial park buildings to implement photovoltaic systems, configuring grid-side centralized energy storage facilities under self-built user-side storage or shared (rental) models to improve energy consumption levels.
Source: Anhui News
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