BIPV on the Rise! National Energy Administration: Exploring the Potential of Distributed PV Market, Urban Areas Still Have Untapped Development Space

National Energy Administration: Exploring the Potential of Distributed PV Market, Urban Areas Still Have Untapped Development Space

In 2025, China's new energy development will receive strong policy support. The National Energy Administration officially issued the "2025 Energy Work Guiding Opinions", which clearly proposes to coordinate the optimal layout of new energy with key industries, implement renewable energy substitution actions in key areas such as industry, transportation, construction, and data centers, and particularly emphasizes positive support for zero-carbon park construction and building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), focusing on resolving the problem of new energy consumption.

At the end of February, at an industry seminar hosted by the China Photovoltaic Industry Association, Xing Yiteng, director of the New Energy Department of the National Energy Administration, disclosed key data: In 2024, China's photovoltaic industry achieved a milestone breakthrough. He revealed that the competent authorities will leverage the "two new" policies to promote technological upgrades of existing photovoltaic projects, and at the same time supervise local governments to formulate differentiated electricity market rules to clear obstacles for the on-site consumption of distributed photovoltaics.

It is worth noting that policy promotion faces regional imbalances. Many areas across the country have "red alert" areas with insufficient distribution network capacity. After May 31, newly added new energy projects need to fully participate in market transactions, increasing the risk of income fluctuations. Against this backdrop, BIPV, with its deep integration with buildings, is regarded by the industry as the "golden key" to solving the bottleneck of urban photovoltaic development. By transforming photovoltaic components into building components, BIPV not only improves power generation efficiency but also effectively alleviates the pressure on land resources and grid access, opening up a new track for urban applications of distributed photovoltaics.

Continuous policy combinations are driving the new energy industry to transform from scale expansion to high-quality development. Analysts point out that as the demonstration effect of zero-carbon parks becomes apparent and BIPV technology iterates faster, China's on-site new energy consumption capacity is expected to significantly improve, injecting new impetus into the achievement of "dual carbon" goals.

BIPV Main Advantages

Advantage

The advantages of BIPV are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

Technological upgrades and cost reduction: With the continuous upgrading of BIPV technology and the increasing richness of photovoltaic building materials products, investment costs continue to decline. Driven by the "dual carbon" goals and the green and low-carbon transformation development of the construction industry, the construction industry's acceptance of photovoltaic technology products is increasing, and the BIPV industry has entered a period of rapid growth.

Rich and flexible application scenarios: BIPV has huge installation potential. In addition to rooftop space, building facades are also its optimal installation scenarios, such as photovoltaic curtain walls and photovoltaic shading. Photovoltaic tiles and photovoltaic sunrooms in urban villas and townhouses are also excellent installation choices.

Guaranteed power generation income: The power generated by BIPV projects can be completely consumed by the loads within the building, with little or no grid-connected electricity, thus ensuring more secure power generation income.

High safety: Photovoltaic building materials products and design and construction are implemented according to the standards and specifications of the construction industry. BIPV projects require simultaneous design, construction, and acceptance to ensure high project safety. At the same time, the building design needs to consider the daily maintenance needs of the photovoltaic system, such as the installation, maintenance, daily maintenance, and replacement of photovoltaic components.

High aesthetics: Photovoltaic application effects need to be integrated with building design and must not damage the urban landscape. For example, cadmium telluride photovoltaic glass can be flexibly customized in color, pattern, and light transmittance according to customer needs and usage scenarios, perfectly integrating with building design and urban landscape.