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Chapter 322 Two-Location Pilot Program! MC Wonder Site Selection!

Of course, after listening to Chen Juejue's detailed introduction of his Rubik's Cube solar power generation system, Zhao Qiqiang, Director Wu, and others who came to learn about the relevant situation still raised many questions on the spot.

The first question is whether this graphene solar cell can actually achieve a 90% conversion efficiency of solar energy into electrical energy.

The production volume of this new type of solar cell is also a key concern for Zhao Qiqiang, the central bank leader.

After all, it takes a very long time for a new technology to go from the laboratory to mature mass production.

The iteration of production technology, the upgrading of production lines, and the supporting industrial chain all need to be promoted step by step.

Even though the specifications of this graphene solar cell are very impressive, replacing existing solar photovoltaic panels overnight is not something that can be achieved in one fell swoop.

"The total output value of China's solar photovoltaic panel industry chain has reached 2 trillion yuan."

"It involves the entire industrial chain, including silicon materials, silicon wafers, solar cells, modules, and inverters, with millions of employees in the industry alone."

"Once this new type of solar cell becomes widespread, I wonder how many people will face industry reshuffling and unemployment," Zhao Qiqiang said with some concern.

Those of them who are in leadership positions generally evaluate new things from a holistic perspective.

It's not as simple as just looking at the comparative data on paper.

Just like the rise of refined and intelligent manufacturing in the south in the past, which gradually eliminated the backward industries in the north, the number of people affected was far more than just a few million.

Take the three northeastern provinces of China as an example; the net outflow of population reaches the millions every year.

This is not a problem that can be solved by policy intervention.

"Boss, I know that all industries are under a lot of pressure right now."

“But I can’t let these pressures stop me from embracing new technologies!” Chen Jue said, then pointed to the number of batteries required for this solar power system.

"A solar power tower that is 300 kilometers high has a solar panel area of ​​10,000 square kilometers when it is deployed on top."

"To maintain this T-shaped antenna design, we need to produce 1 billion graphene solar cells per year, each with a size of 10 square meter. It would take 10 years of continuous production to complete one solar power tower."

"We plan to build four such power towers to complete this power generation system."

"With such a large quantity, it is definitely not enough for our Magic Cube Group alone. We must license the manufacturing process and related patents to others and lead the entire photovoltaic industry chain to upgrade and iterate."

Zhao Qiqiang's expression changed slightly as he listened to Chen Jue's description.

If this new type of solar cell is promoted and popularized at this pace, it could perfectly cover the existing photovoltaic industry chain and avoid widespread unemployment.

After all, China Photovoltaic's current annual installed capacity of polycrystalline silicon solar panels is only 500GW, which translates to 9.1 million panels with a power generation capacity of 550W per panel.

Once everyone invests in graphene solar cells, not only will production capacity not decrease, but it will even need to be further expanded, which will greatly help solve the current competitive employment situation in China. Having figured this out, Zhao Qiqiang continued, "Then what about the most crucial safety issue? How do we solve it?"

"Such a tall single building would be very difficult to get approved in China, because no one could bear the responsibility for any potential safety hazards. Wouldn't it be more convenient to make it a traditional ground-level shelter?"

Imagine a 300-kilometer-tall tower collapsing. The area it hits is equivalent to the width of an entire province, and more than a dozen cities affected would suffer!

It's important to know that America's 9/11 attacks resulted in the collapse of two 411-meter-tall twin towers, causing 2996 casualties, and subsequently sparked the war on terror in the Middle East.

If this solar power system were to collapse due to some external factor, the consequences would not just be triggering a world war, but could potentially lead to nuclear apocalypse for all of humanity.

What these central bank staff did not expect was that Chen Jue had already prepared a strategy to deal with the security issues.

"Boss, since you feel there are security issues..."

"Let's compromise and postpone the construction of the two solar power towers located in the east and north, which are closer to densely populated areas."

"But these two, the western and southern ones, are used as pilot projects! For the western solar power tower, we finally chose a location in the center of the Tarim Basin through calculations. This place is sparsely populated, with an east-west width of 1500 kilometers and a north-south width of 600 kilometers. Even if the entire power tower falls vertically, it will not hit any area outside the basin."

"Moreover, the 750 kV power transmission ring network project currently being vigorously promoted in the Tarim Basin will be a tremendous boost once this solar power generation system is completed and connected to the existing power ring network!"

The moment this pilot program was presented, the visiting leaders were all immediately impressed.

Even Zhao Qiqiang secretly exclaimed "brilliant!" after seeing the Tarim Basin site selection!
As Chen Jue described, this place is a large uninhabited area.

Within the basin lies the world-renowned Taklamakan Desert, while to the east lies Lop Nur, Asia's driest region, and oases are extremely rare.

Even though various oil and gas resources and minerals have been discovered in advance, they are currently in the stage of being developed.

The cost of sending manpower and resources to the central area of ​​the basin for mining is too high!
With current technology, it's simply impossible to solve the problem of such uninhabited desert areas.

Therefore, China adopted another approach, which is to build a 4000-kilometer-long 750 kV power transmission ring network around the Tarim Basin by controlling desertification and locking in the border areas, along with supporting photovoltaic industries.

This project was officially launched as early as 2023 and has been underway for more than two years. It is only a matter of time before the transmission ring network is completed.

If we could really build a solar power tower with an annual power generation of 100 trillion kilowatt-hours in the central desert region of this power grid.

That would have a huge impact on the surrounding western and central provinces and cities!
With the transmission of ultra-high voltage power grids, even if the local electricity price is reduced to 1 cent per kilowatt-hour, or even just 1 cents per kilowatt-hour, it would be enough to attract large-scale relocation of electricity-consuming and power-guzzling enterprises from the east to the west.

This coincides with China's recent strategy of "transferring industrial chains from the eastern region to the central and western regions".

Therefore, upon seeing the solar power tower in the west, which stood like a stabilizing force in the very center of the Tarim Basin, Zhao Qiqiang, who had initially been vehemently opposed to the project, began to soften his stance: "President Jue! Besides this pilot tower in the west, are you planning to install this one in the south in the South China Sea?"

(End of this chapter)