(1) Strengths
1. Huge utilization potentiality
The capacity of the market of electricity generation in Niger has a huge utilization potentiality. Nowadays, the total area of building roof in Niger is about 50 billion square meters, if 10% of the roof have electricity generation system, then the generation is same with the energy output of a large electricity generation station. If the electricity can be full development and utilization in the market demand of desert electricity station and industrial application, the electricity generation system capacity can reach 1050 MWP .
2. The capacity of scale advantage.
Because the average of sunshine duration of a year in Niger is about 7 to 10 hours, it provides a unique advantage of solar photovoltaic industry. Furthermore, solar photovoltaic industry is a typical scale economy industry, along with the development of the Niger and the every year increase of electricity demand, and then our firm size increases.
3. Have advantage on production cost.
The cost of solar power battery was 12.98$/WAH approximately, and now the cost is 18$/WAH approximately (Zweibel,K& Hersch, P. 1984). In the plan of 2015, the new battery technology will increase the transformation efficiency, reach the mass scale; the cost of battery and accessories will decreased in the future, so the cost of solar power will be decreased in the same time, moreover, it will more close to Niger electronic price.
(2) Weaknesses
• With the development of the photovoltaic capacity, the environmental pollution will be more prominent. If they government do not take effective measures, Reduce pollution, recycling waste, So large-scale polysilicon production will be difficult to keep operation.
• Low efficiency and high cost: currently, utilization and development of solar energy is limited and devices for utilizing solar energy have lower
efficiency and high cost. Its economic efficiency cannot compete with conventional energy. Further development of solar energy is mainly restrained
by economic efficiency.
(3) Opportunities
• The price of conventional energy is increased. In one hand, with the increasing of development price and decreasing of resources, the price of conventional energy keeps increasing; in other hands, with the technology change of solar energy and development in scale, the distance of solar power invest and the regular power energy is decreasing as the invest of solar energy is decreasing.
• Use the advantage of price, the advantage of electronic stable, export to surrounding countries.
• The opportunity of increase the demand of relative equipment
• The opportunity of increase the demand of storage battery
• The opportunity of project contracting
• The opportunity of output surrounding area market
(4) Threats
• It will face to the Nigeria import electric threat and the local fuel generation.
• The instability of market supply and need in Niger
• The changing policy in solar power industry
• The competition risk
• The changing exchange rate
• Lack of highly educated talents
• The management strategy with local government and labor
• Related industries do not match
• The financial risks
1. Huge utilization potentiality
The capacity of the market of electricity generation in Niger has a huge utilization potentiality. Nowadays, the total area of building roof in Niger is about 50 billion square meters, if 10% of the roof have electricity generation system, then the generation is same with the energy output of a large electricity generation station. If the electricity can be full development and utilization in the market demand of desert electricity station and industrial application, the electricity generation system capacity can reach 1050 MWP .
2. The capacity of scale advantage.
Because the average of sunshine duration of a year in Niger is about 7 to 10 hours, it provides a unique advantage of solar photovoltaic industry. Furthermore, solar photovoltaic industry is a typical scale economy industry, along with the development of the Niger and the every year increase of electricity demand, and then our firm size increases.
3. Have advantage on production cost.
The cost of solar power battery was 12.98$/WAH approximately, and now the cost is 18$/WAH approximately (Zweibel,K& Hersch, P. 1984). In the plan of 2015, the new battery technology will increase the transformation efficiency, reach the mass scale; the cost of battery and accessories will decreased in the future, so the cost of solar power will be decreased in the same time, moreover, it will more close to Niger electronic price.
(2) Weaknesses
• With the development of the photovoltaic capacity, the environmental pollution will be more prominent. If they government do not take effective measures, Reduce pollution, recycling waste, So large-scale polysilicon production will be difficult to keep operation.
• Low efficiency and high cost: currently, utilization and development of solar energy is limited and devices for utilizing solar energy have lower
efficiency and high cost. Its economic efficiency cannot compete with conventional energy. Further development of solar energy is mainly restrained
by economic efficiency.
(3) Opportunities
• The price of conventional energy is increased. In one hand, with the increasing of development price and decreasing of resources, the price of conventional energy keeps increasing; in other hands, with the technology change of solar energy and development in scale, the distance of solar power invest and the regular power energy is decreasing as the invest of solar energy is decreasing.
• Use the advantage of price, the advantage of electronic stable, export to surrounding countries.
• The opportunity of increase the demand of relative equipment
• The opportunity of increase the demand of storage battery
• The opportunity of project contracting
• The opportunity of output surrounding area market
(4) Threats
• It will face to the Nigeria import electric threat and the local fuel generation.
• The instability of market supply and need in Niger
• The changing policy in solar power industry
• The competition risk
• The changing exchange rate
• Lack of highly educated talents
• The management strategy with local government and labor
• Related industries do not match
• The financial risks