wiredinUSA October 2012

wiredInUSA - October 2012

New photovoltaic (PV) projects on agricultural land

are promoting rapid growth of distributed PV power

generation in China, with more than 300MW of PV

projects now being tracked in the NPD Solarbuzz China

Deal Tracker report.

An increasing number of PV project developers in

central and eastern China are now prioritizing these

new opportunities, in particular in the provinces

of Xinjiang, Hunan, and Hubei. The China Energy

Conservation and Environmental Protection Group

(CECEP) is currently targeting over 100MW of PV

projects specifically within the agricultural segment.

According to Steven Han, analyst at NPD Solarbuzz,

“The agricultural PV market segment in China was

previously overlooked by downstream PV suppliers and

installers. However, with the threat of anti-dumping

actions from the United States and Europe potentially

restricting their available sales channels, creating

additional demand locally is now essential for both

module and balance-of-systems suppliers.

“Greenhouses have become a popular choice for

agricultural PV installations, because they offer benefits

in addition to a supply of electricity,” added Han. “PV

panels located on greenhouses can shield the sunlight,

replace building materials, and add to the overall

aesthetics.”

Agricultural

installations

boost PV sales

CommScope Inc has successfully enabled a 100G

ethernet (GE) data transmission over 430m of

off-the-shelf multi-mode fiber optic cabling.

In collaboration with Ixia, the public demonstration

took place during Datacenter Dynamics Converged

in Shanghai, using Systimax

InstaPATCH

360 fiber

cable assemblies and LazrSPEED

550 OM4 fiber.

The success of the demonstration suggests that

companies will be able to develop a future-proofed

communications network that does not require

re-engineering of existing networks or to deploy new

cable when they evolve to 100G.

“Businesses need to understand the importance

of creating intelligent networks that are based

on future-proofed communications framework,

especially when two-thirds of network failure is

because of cabling infrastructure,” said Jian Wu,

national technical manager, Greater China,

CommScope. “In China, a region where businesses

put heavy emphasis on cost efficiency and high

productivity, it is the quality of connection that

counts the most, and this successful demonstration

proves the value high-performance cabling

infrastructure can bring.”

INDEX

gigabit

ethernet

100

430m

transmission

reaches