Internet finance helps photovoltaic power stations realize asset securitization

Since General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to build a global energy internet and promote the development of clean energy at the UN Development Summit last September, the call for energy internet has become increasingly louder. As a global leading photovoltaic company, JinkoSolar Chairman Li Xiande believes that Internet finance will promote the asset securitization of photovoltaic power stations and promote the development of the photovoltaic industry.

In addition, he believes that the energy internet also involves two other aspects. First, at present, China's power reform is actually a market-oriented operation of power. Real-time data on power generation and consumption are formed into a trading platform through the photovoltaic operation and maintenance system and control center. Second, entering the smart grid through the photovoltaic system can help realize home energy management.

Jeremy Rifkin, chairman of the Economic Trends Foundation in Washington, DC, pointed out in his book The Third Industrial Revolution that one of the biggest features of the energy internet is to support the free access of ultra-large-scale distributed power generation systems and distributed energy storage systems to the network, and to support the new energy production and consumption form of prosumers. In this regard, the rapid development of distributed photovoltaic power generation in recent years is a perfect example of this feature.

Qian Jing, vice president of JinkoSolar, said that as long as there is a roof, a photovoltaic power station can be built. Photovoltaic power generation allows ordinary people to realize their dream of self-generation and self-use. With a rooftop photovoltaic power station, ordinary people can produce and use their own energy, and can also trade energy, which makes energy Internet possible and necessary.

She gave a vivid example: "On the way home, you can use the mobile phone APP to turn on the air conditioner and preheat the electric water heater in advance. When your car enters the community, the coffee machine has already made coffee for you and the rice cooker has already emitted the aroma of rice, and all of these are powered by solar energy."

In addition, through cloud technology and big data, you can directly check your home electricity usage by simply opening the mobile app. Not only can you see how much electricity you spent last month, but you can also check your electricity usage over the past year. Interestingly, you can compare your own electricity usage with your neighbors in the community. If you used less electricity than your neighbors last month, you will get a smiley face on your electricity bill; if you use more electricity than your neighbors, you will get a sentence "Please come harder next time."

Today, photovoltaic power generation has changed the way people produce and use energy, and the energy Internet has changed the way energy supply and demand are matched and traded, using the Internet to achieve the interconnection of electric current, capital flow and information flow.

"In response to this, JinkoSolar has proposed the 'zero electricity bill era'. By understanding customers' electricity usage patterns and habits, and based on massive data and data mining, it provides customized services," said Qian Jing.

According to reports, customers can freely choose power companies, and paper bills have been changed to electronic bills and electronic payments. In Jinko's green energy account, customers can deposit electricity bills for automatic deduction, or purchase Jinko's green energy fund. Professional photovoltaic power station fund management experts can provide green financial management services for customers. At the same time, if a customer installs a Jinko photovoltaic system, he can collect electricity bill income and subsidies through this account.

After installing JinkoSolar's home photovoltaic power generation system, users can always know the power generation of the power station, the carbon emissions that can be reduced, the electricity bill benefits, etc. At the same time, JinkoSolar's intelligent system can predict the expected power generation in the next 7 days based on the weather data of the next week. What's more intelligent is that the system can provide specific suggestions for distributed photovoltaic users to design the best and most economical electricity plan. For example, it is recommended to replace some gas equipment with electrical equipment.

Qian Jing emphasized that in the future, the energy Internet represented by photovoltaics will be full of infinite possibilities and huge imagination space, even beyond our imagination. The intelligent application of photovoltaic power generation will become an important backbone and indicator of smart power and smart cities. At the same time, the massive amount of electricity consumption data will lead to the birth of more new services or the creation of new business models.

"However, data needs to be of a certain scale and be accurate, stable and real-time. Single, independent, sporadic data without historical accumulation is not explanatory. Taking power station operation and maintenance as an example, only when there are enough power stations under management, the geographical location is wide enough, the number of power stations of various categories and sizes under various climatic environments is rich enough, and the historical data is long enough, can we obtain associations, mining, comparisons and analyses, and then make judgments, decisions, applications and actions/feedback." Qian Jing said.